21st May 2015, 05:27 AM | #11 |
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Basket Hilted Back Sword (Irish Hilt)
Hi Guys
Just looking back at what I have and haven’t posted on this thread already and realised I missed the third of my Spiracle Pommel Swords, so here it is. Basket Hilted Back Sword (Irish Hilt) Date: Circa 1615-40 Nationality: British Overall Length: 108.6 cm 42 ¾” Blade length: 95.1 cm 37 5/8” Blade widest point: 2.8 cm 1 1/8” Hilt widest point: 11.3 cm 4 2/4” Inside grip length: 8.5 cm 3 3/8” Marks, etc.: Blade marked to both sides to a German, Solingen Swordsmith, “CLEMENS DINGER”. With regards to marks, I flipped the picture of the two makes under the hilt upside down and what I first thought looked like some kind of snake now looks more like two swans. Sometimes I think the more you look at sword marks the more confusing they get. Description English Basket Hilt circa 1615-40 English basket hilt sword (Irish Hilt) of early form, approx. Staghorn grip (latter replacement), steel guard of early type with the feature of a loop in the nut that attaches the guard to the Spherical pommel. The backsword blade is attributed to Clemens Dingen (II) recorded as working 1630-1710 and marked with CLEMENS DINGER and the Orb and cross on both sides. References: MAZANSKY (C.) BRITISH BASKET-HILTED SWORDS: A TYPOLOGY OF BASKET-TYPE SWORD HILTS pp67 MOWBRAY, Stuart C BRITISH MILITARY SWORDS VOLUME ONE 1600-1660 The English Civil Wars and the Birth of the British Standing Army pp122 OAKESHOTT, Ewart EUROPEAN WEAPONS AND ARMOUR From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution pp176-178 Cheers Cathey and Rex |
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