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Basket-Hilted Broadsword
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Credit lineBasket-Hilted Broadsword, Hilt: c. 1720, Blade: early 1700s. Hilt: Scotland; blade: Germany, Solingen, hilt: 18th Century. Steel; liner of buff leather; grip of wood, copper wire and fishskin (ray?); overall: 101.6 cm (40 in.); blade: 85.7 cm (33 3/4 in.); grip: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); hilt: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.701