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Lot 96W

A Rare Italian Runka Probably From Henry VIII's Armoury
Second Quarter Of The 16th Century

30 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare Italian Runka Probably From Henry VIII's Armoury
Second Quarter Of The 16th Century

With long slender tapering spike of stiff diamond section flattened and with a pair of sharply-pointed side-lugs at the base above a pair of crescent-shaped side-wings, the latter pounced on each side with foliage involving two male figures in contemporary costume, each within a roundel, faceted socket of tapering circular section, and side-straps incised with indistinct armoury numbers, on old wooden staff of circular section
84.5 cm. head

Footnotes

Many staff-weapons with heads decorated with similar pounced decoration are in the Royal Armouries, Leeds and the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. For a related partizan (Royal Armouries inv. no. VII.147) see Treasures from the Tower in the Kremlin, The Kremlin Armoury Museum, Moscow, 16 December 1997-12 May 1998, no. 12 (illustrated). See lot 92

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