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A Saxon Miner's Guild Axe18th Century
24 November 2010, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,800 inc. premium
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18th Century
18th Century
With russet iron head comprising off-set angular blade rising to a triangular point with brass finial, pierced with a slipped trefoil and with two groups of three circular holes, and socket with chequered block-shaped peen, on original half formed of sections of polished staghorn engraved with blackened figures of miners at work, a crucifixion scene at the top, and the arms of Saxony at the hoof-shaped bottom, all within ovals and borders of foliage, all the scenes with inscriptions in old German
84.5 cm. overall
84.5 cm. overall








