Might anyone have pics of this original purported baskethilt of the great MacDonald of Keppoch ?
Pictured is a drawing by James Drummond (from Ancient Scottish Weapons, 1881, cropped from Plate IX. Fig.2) which states it as being the one he carried at Culloden. It appears to be a piece by one of the great Glasgow hammerman, such as John Simpson or Thomas Gemmill, but I've no proof of that either way ?

Just figured I'd ask as I can't seem to locate a pic of it in any of my books/files, and have no idea if it's currently in a private collection or one of the Museums out there ?

Thanks, Mac

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Mac.....The information from "Scottish Swords from the Battlefield of Culloden" by Campbell & Mowbray (how about that! a Campbell vetting a MacDonald sword!!), says that the sword of Keppoch was still (c.1971) in the Paton collection as "one of my greatest treasures." You probably have this same reference, but that is the last reference I have to this sword in my library. With the obvious reverence Paton has for the sword, unless the colection was somwhow dispursed in auction, etc. I imagine that is still where it is today. George

National Museums of Scotland
http://www.nms.ac.uk/nms/collections/hotc-04....mp;subid=4
"Another major acquisition was the collection of arms and armour formed by Sir Joseph Noel Paton, purchased in 1905."

Hunterian Museum
http://www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/Archives/rober...lics.shtml

Mac

And the hunt is on! :D

The MacDonalds at Culloden by Andrew Lang
Appendix- The Death of Keppoch
http://www.clandonald.org.uk/cdm08/cdm08a10.htm

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