Basket-Hilted Broadsword

about 1750

Walter Allan (Scottish, active 1732-1761)
Stirling

Status: On View, Gallery 239
Department: Applied Arts of Europe

Artist: Walter Allan
Title: Basket-Hilted Broadsword
Place: Stirling (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1740–1760
Medium: Steel, iron, copper, textile, and leather
Inscriptions: Hilt, lower part: W.A.S. - stamped for Walter Allan of Stirling.
Dimensions: Overall L. 101.5 cm (39 7/8 in.) Blade L. 87 cm (34 1/4 in.) Wt. 2 lb. 14 oz.
Credit Line: George F. Harding Collection
Reference Number: 1982.2143
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Walter Karchieski, “Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago” (Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995), p. 94 (ill.)

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