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Lot 100
A Cinquedea In Italian Late 15th Century Style19th Century
22 April 2009, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £720 inc. premium
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19th Century
19th Century
With triangular double-edged blade with central fuller along each side, hilt comprising arched quillons with monster-head terminals, iron and brass-mounted hilt with horn grip-scales (damaged and repaired) each widening to a central point on both sides and inlaid with two brass roundels chased with flowering foliage, and arched brass pommel scrolled at the base on each side and decorated with punched circles (iron parts lightly pitted)
51 cm. blade
51 cm. blade
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Provenance:
Sotheby's London, Modern Sporting Guns and Firearms; Arms, Armour and Militaria, 8 December 1988, lot 431, described as 'A Rare Central Italian Cinquedea, circa 1490'








