© National War Museum of Scotland
Highland Broadsword with silver hilt
Artist: Scottish
Location: National War Museum of Scotland
Date: 1808
Materials: silver, steel, doeskin, velvet
Grant:
Amount Paid: £3,000 (Total: £12,000)
Vendor: Mr & Mrs A M Piepe
Review number: 4610 (1998)
Provenance:
Presented to Lieutenant-Colonel David Stewart of Garth. Unknown before 1997; Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, Switzerland, 1997; two private collections; vendors.
Description:
The etched blade is of the Highland military style. Incorporated within the hilt are gilt cartouches decorated with Stewart's arms and a badge of the 2nd battalion, 78th Highlanders with which the Lieutenant had fought in 1806.
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