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A Very Rare Dress Sword With Rock Crystal HiltCirca 1650, Possibly Saxon
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Circa 1650, Possibly Saxon
Circa 1650, Possibly Saxon
75.5 cm. blade
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Provenance:
Die Sammlung der Markgrafen und Grossherzöge von Baden, Sotheby's, Neues Schloß, Baden-Baden, Vol. II, Kunstkammer, 5 October 1995, lot 383
A sword with an almost identical hilt in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna is dated 1649 on the blade. See Wendlin Boeheim, Kunsthistorische Sammlungen des Allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses Waffensammlung, Vol. I, Vienna, 1894, pl. XXXVIII
The Dresden royal armoury contains a number of swords with rock crystal hilts, including one, given by Archduke Leopold of Austria to the Saxon Elector Georg I in 1641, also with a blade by Francisco Ruiz of Toledo. See Johannes Schöbel, Prunkwaffen aus dem Historischen Museum Dresden, pl. 63b








