Oakeshott Type XX Scottish Claymore Sword / Claidheamh Mòr

[Jack Loomes]

Date:
circa 1500 — 1530

Period:
early 16th Century

Description:
The pommel is from a basket-hilted sword. An inscription 'AFORBES' (with the F the wrong way round) is punched (pontillé style) along one length (nothing on the other): name of previous owner?

Place (legacy): Scotland, production, country

Note: The claymore is a two-handed sword of a type used in Scotland from the 15th to 17th century.

Technique: casting (process); whole

Material: steel; whole

Dimension(s):
length, whole, 135.4, cm
width, blade, 5.4, cm
width, across quillons, 31.1, cm

Acquisition: Bought; 1949-03-11; Christie's

Provenance: Christie's, London, 3 March, 1949, Lot 76, vendor not named

Acquisition Credit: Bought with the General Duplicates Fund

Inscription: punched; AFORBES; the F is written backwards; name of previous owner?

Accession:
Object Number: M.2-1949
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 18874; input: 2001-01-25; modified: 2012-03-20)

Permanent Identifier/Source: data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18874