Does anyone have any idea as to who the talented maker of these swords might be?
Here are some photos:
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Michael Parker wrote: |
Those are some handsome swords! Good pictures, especially against the blue background. |
Thomas McDonald wrote: |
One of those hilts appears to be based on an original Walter Allan of Stirling design !
Mac Walter Allan of Stirling Baskethilt Broadsword, c. 1735-60 (SW 37) Overall length - 37 1/4", Blade length - 31 1/4" , Blade width - 1 5/8", Weight -3 lb. 1-1/2 oz. Broadsword with open-work basket hilt of rare and exceptionally fine design and execution, signed on the underside of the quillon WA over S (Walter Allan, Stirling). The front of the basket is formed of a square panel filled in with Scottish thistle displayed and crowned. Each member is engraved down the centre with a 'wiggle' line. The blade is double edged with a short narrowed recasso and is channelled with a short, broad, central hollow and a narrow flute on either side. It bears in Spanish lettering the Latin inscription, on one side reads -- PARCERE SUBIECTIS,the other side ET DEBELARE SUPERBOS, which translated reads -- 'spare the vanquished and crush the proud.' Total length, without the button, 36 7/8" inches. Blade, 31 1/8" inches by 1 5/8". -- Scottish Military and Naval Museum, Edinburgh Castle (N.R. Colville Collection). * Text - Charles Whitelaw 'Scottish Arms Makers' ,Plate IV,Fig. 5-6 |