This auction has ended. View lot details
You may also be interested in
Lot 186
An American HalberdEarly 18th Century
29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £540 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our Arms and Armour specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistAn American Halberd
Early 18th Century
Early 18th Century
With double-edged leaf-shaped spike of slightly hollowed flattened diamond section with pairs of decorative piercings, threaded integral neck of octagonal section with central moulding, flat crescentic axe-blade and swelling beak-shaped fluke each with scrolled and heart-shaped piercings, tapering socket of circular section with ring mouldings, and long side-straps, on wooden staff of circular section (some rust patination overall)
46.1 cm. head
46.1 cm. head
Footnotes
For similar examples see The Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Collection Of Armor And Arms, 1963, pp. 275-278, nos. 613-620, pl. CXXXIII; and H.L. Peterson, Arms and Armor in Colonial America 1526-1783, 1956, pp. 283-285, pls. 281-284








