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A scarce Austrian senior non-commissioned officer's saber of the Prima Planta infantry
mid-18th century
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Antique Arms & Armor
11 June 2012, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

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A scarce Austrian senior non-commissioned officer's saber of the Prima Planta infantry
mid-18th century

Curved, unmarked 27 inch blade with broad, shallow full-length fuller. Gilt brass stirrup hilt having diamond-shaped languets, pillow-form quillon terminal, flat knucklebow flaring towards the pommel and affixed with a beaded band and with the pommel/backstrap modeled as a lion's mask below a large capstan. Leather-covered grip.
Condition: Blade showing light scratches from cleaning and scattered patches of staining/light pitting. Hilt retains much of the original gilt finish. Grip covering with some small areas of missing leather.
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Note: See Fig. 64 on page 434 , text on page 361 of Cut and Thrust Weapons by Eduard Wagner for very similar examples and Fig. 36 on page 406 for an hussar officer's saber with the same beaded decoration on the knucklebow.
On page 351 Mr. Wagner notes: The 'prima planta' already in the Landsknecht regiments, were members of the aristocratic or landed nobility who, when enlisted, were registered on the first page. Later they came to include all those who did not stand lined up in companies namely the officers, subalterns and musicians.

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
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A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
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