Second Quarter Of The 18th Century — A Scottish basket-hilted broadsword

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Estimate: £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $2,855–$4,282
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Performance
Sale: Bonhams — The Scottish Sale, Edinburgh · 12 April 2016
Record ID: TB-2026-1666215
Record: first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 23 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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A Scottish Basket-hilted Broadsword, Second Quarter Of The 18th Century. Bonhams, 12 Apr 2016, lot 197. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1666215.

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A Scottish Basket-hilted Broadsword, Second Quarter Of The 18th Century. Bonhams, 12 Apr 2016, lot 197. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1666215.

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From the same sale The Scottish Sale · Apr 2016

Lot	Artist	Estimate
David II, King of Scotland 152.7 x 104.2 cm. (60 1/8 x 41 in.)	Robert Gibb Jnr Rsa	£2,000–£3,000
Picnic at Eskdale 34.5 x 50 cm. (13 9/16 x 19 11/16 in.)	Sir William Russell Flint, Ra, Prws	£5,000–£7,000
Springtime in Galloway, The Buckland Burn 31 x 36 cm. (12 3/16 x 14 3…	William Stewart Macgeorge Rsa	£1,500–£2,000
Away to the West 42 x 57 cm. (16 9/16 x 22 7/16 in.)	William Mctaggart Rsa Rsw	£25,000–£35,000
The Fisherman's Daughters 50.8 x 61 cm. (20 x 24 in.)	William Marshall Brown Rsa Rsw	£10,000–£15,000
Brighouse Belles 41 x 51.5 cm. (16 1/8 x 20 1/4 in.)	Edward Atkinson Hornel	£12,000–£18,000

Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band

Artist	Lot	Result USD, incl. premium	Sale
A Scottish Basket-hilted Broadsword	early 18th Century	$4,956	Bonhams, Oct 2020
A Scottish Basket-hilted Broadsword	Second Quarter Of The 18th Century		Bonhams, Apr 2016
A Scottish Basket-hilted Broadsword	Last Quarter of the 17th Century		Bonhams, Oct 2022
A Scottish Basket-hilted Broadsword	circa 1750-60		Bonhams, Apr 2016
A Scottish Basket-hilted Broadsword	possibly last quarter of the 17th century		Bonhams, Apr 2016
A Scottish Basket-hilted Broadsword	late 18th century		Bonhams, Apr 2016
David Mcclure Rsa Rsw Rgi	The Yellow Shawl		Bonhams, May 2023
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.