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Lot 71
A Rare German HalberdLate 16th Century, Probably Nuremberg
20 April 2011, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£1,800 - £2,200
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Late 16th Century, Probably Nuremberg
Late 16th Century, Probably Nuremberg
The head with medial ridge extending to the point of the leaf-shaped blade on both sides, a pair of small hooked projections beneath, sharply pointed crescentic axe-blade and beak-shaped fluke each with short hooked projection above and below, faceted tapering socket (hole on one side), and shortened side-straps, the head etched overall on both sides with scrolling foliage inhabited by exotic birds including an ostrich, all against a dotted blackened ground, on later wooden staff of circular section
45 cm. head
45 cm. head








