Portion of a sword with a recurved guard, dug up in the churchyard of St Maughold, Isle of Man

Hunting sword or whinger, the interlace carved on its wooden grip similar to that on many Highland dirks, with a scabbard showing pockets for a small knife and fork, and a fork, c. 1700

Silver hilted smallsword with an etched colichemarde blade and a silver bound grip, hallmarked Edinburgh, about 1760

Mortuary sword with the blade pierced at the forte, about 1640

Sword of Indian origin, described as being 'presented' to Colonel Sir John Macdonald by the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II in the aftermath of the Battle of Laswari, fought 1 November 1803, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1802 - 1805), India

Viking double-edged iron sword, found near the Strathspey Railway, Gorton, Moray

Medieval single-hand sword of Scottish type with rounded pommel and reversed guard, c. 1400

Two-handed sword with an imperfect point with a tang

Two-handed sword with a rounded pommel and a reversed guard

Sword with a rounded pommel and a reversed guard which belonged to the Lindsay family

Two-handed sword

Two-handed sword with a blade with a tang

Two-handed sword

Two-handed sword with a fluted blade and a scabbard, late 16th or early 17th century

Two-handed sword

Two-handed sword with an ornamental guard and wooden handle