English Dragoon Officer’s Basket Hilted Sword c 1740

English Dragoon Officer’s Sword c 1740 solid iron basket with horseman’s oval ring original fish skin grip bound with silver wire and dome pommel with button. Single edged blade which could near be classed as a broadsword blade with 2 central fullers marked with ANDREIA FARARA plus S X S and other armorers marks please see images overall length 40.5 inches the blade 33.75 inches please see for reference page 282 of Swords and Sword Makers of England and Scotland by Bezdek