Basket hilt sword - Acts of Union - University of Aberdeen

Introduction
Articles of Union
The Stuart Vision of Union
James VI & I
Castlemaine's Embassy
Protestant Parliaments & Unions
William of Orange
The Union of 1707
Queen Anne and George, Prince of Denmark
The Debate over Union
The Impact of Union
Impact of the articles
Lecture Notes
Competing Unions
Stuart Unionism
James VIII & III
Basket hilt sword
Hanoverian Unionism
King's, Marischal and the Question of Union
Maces of King’s College and Marischal College
Aberdeen Jacobitism
Sibyl Europæa
Aberdeen Unionism
Dr James Fraser
Securing Union
Acknowledgements

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This double-edged, basket hilt sword of German manufacture illustrates the Jacobite commitment to end the Anglo-Scottish Union, by military means if necessary. The enduring sense of Scottish nationhood that motivated supporters of the exiled Stuarts is clearly evident. The blade is engraved on both sides: marked on one side is the figure of St Andrew wearing a mitre and holding a cross. The inscription reads "PROSPERITY / TO / SCHOTLAND/ & /NO UNION". On the other side there appears the figure of King James VIII & III (in the style of a Roman Emperor). There is some evidence to indicate the inscription was removed and restored at some later date.