Basket-Hilt Broadsword ("Mortuary Sword")
hilt: c. 1640–50; blade: 1700s
Overall: 101.6 cm (40 in.); Blade: 85.2 cm (33 9/16 in.); Hilt: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
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https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.696
The decoration on this sword's hilt includes an image of King Charles I of England (beheaded in 1649). Because the image resembles the king's death mask, this sword is known as a "mortuary sword." It may have belonged to Sir Thomas Fairfax, a general of the Parliamentary caval...
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97041
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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"Q60761687"
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import
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1916.696
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