A VERY RARE LATE 18th CENTURY SCOTTISH PRESENTATION BASKET HILTED BROADSWORD the large steel hand guard pierced and engraved with leaf and thistle decoration mounted with an oval plaque enamelled with the shield, crest and motto of MacGregor, large acorn pommel and fish skin covered grip. The blued steel and gilt double edged flattened diamond section blade engraved with a highland figure, trophy of arms including the Royal Standard of Scotland, and the Order of the Thistle, engraved foliage, a Royal coat of arms and motto Scotland beneath a baldachin, and entwined laurel and oak, opposite side with Britannia and Unicorn, and the badge of the Black Watch; The centre of the blade has a gilt panel etched with the presentation inscription in gaelic ‘Dón Uasal urramach ALASTOIR MAC GREGOIR MOIREACH O Gath Bhuidhin Rioghail Chaidheallaich Dhùn Eidean, mar chomhara air am mòr rheas dán CEUD Cheannard’, steel mounted wooden scabbard covered in black leather with pierced locket and applied enamelled badge of the Order of the Thistle. 113cm overall