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Lot 130
A German Or Italian BroadswordMid-16th Century
22 April 2009, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,120 inc. premium
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Mid-16th Century
Mid-16th Century
With double-edged blade with shallow central fuller over most of its length on each side, iron hilt of flattened and rounded bars comprising trefoil-shaped side-guard linked to the recurved knuckle-guard by a slender scrolled side-bar, the latter with fish-tail terminal, horizontally recurved quillons with fish-tail terminals each incised with foliage, inner side-guard linked to a downcurved arm and carrying a thumb-ring, rounded pommel with a scallop shell on each side and incised with letters 'B' and 'A', and cord-bound leather-covered grip (wire binding missing, some pitting overall)
82 cm. blade
82 cm. blade








