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Lot 87W
A 'Langue De Boeuf'16th/17th Century
30 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£400 - £600
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16th/17th Century
16th/17th Century
With broad double-edged blade of flattened diamond section drawn-out to a sharply-tapering blade at the top, and struck twice with what appears to be a mark on one side towards the bottom, socket of tapering circular section, and shortened side-straps, on later wooden staff of circular section (some pitting)
61.4 cm. head
61.4 cm. head
Footnotes
For another example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. no. 14.25.90) see John Waldman, Hafted Weapons in Medieval and Renaissance Europe ..., 2005, pp. 132 and 134, fig. 109








