![A Scottish basket-hilted broadsword circa 1780. With earlier blade, probably late 17th or early 18th century, of broad robust form, cut with a central fuller running over most of its length on A Scottish basket-hilted broadsword circa 1780. With earlier blade, probably late 17th or early 18th century, of broad robust form, cut with a central fuller running over most of its length on](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/T8EFYA/a-scottish-basket-hilted-broadsword-circa-1780-with-earlier-blade-probably-late-17th-or-early-18th-century-of-broad-robust-form-cut-with-a-central-fuller-running-over-most-of-its-length-on-both-sides-flanked-by-a-slightly-shorter-pair-of-fullers-cut-with-additional-short-fullers-at-the-ricasso-and-inscribed-andrea-ferara-in-stamped-letters-framed-within-a-series-of-decorative-marks-on-both-sides-at-the-forte-iron-basket-guard-of-glasgow-type-formed-of-symmetrical-oval-bars-carrying-pierced-linear-engraved-panels-fluted-hemispherical-po-additional-rights-clearance-info-not-available-T8EFYA.jpg)
A Scottish basket-hilted broadsword circa 1780. With earlier blade, probably late 17th or early 18th century, of broad robust form, cut with a central fuller running over most of its length on
![Blade by Johannes Wundes the Younger | Basket-hilted Sword | hilt, British; blade, German | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Blade by Johannes Wundes the Younger | Basket-hilted Sword | hilt, British; blade, German | The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/aa/original/LC-09_210_2-002.jpg)
Blade by Johannes Wundes the Younger | Basket-hilted Sword | hilt, British; blade, German | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
![Past auction: AN IMPORTANT EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY SILVER MOUNTED SCOTTISH BASKET HILTED SWORD C1620 | August 15, 2018 Past auction: AN IMPORTANT EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY SILVER MOUNTED SCOTTISH BASKET HILTED SWORD C1620 | August 15, 2018](https://media.app.artisio.co/media/104cbde6-0d38-43cb-9e0f-bb721ef57bcf/inventory/448f87c1-0915-4a45-bfa4-c01e2e9c8b59/8584aa6c-f48a-42f9-8bfb-1a65e0f938d3/0001_gqhCnd_original.jpg)