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A North European Hand-And-A-Half SwordFirst Half Of The 16th Century
30 April 2014, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£2,200 - £2,500
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A North European Hand-And-A-Half Sword
First Half Of The 16th Century
First Half Of The 16th Century
In excavated condition, with long tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, iron hilt comprising a figure-eight shaped guard made from a single slender bar of circular section with acorn-shaped tips, flat tapering tang, and fig-shaped pommel cut with spiral flutes forming border engraved lobes surmounted by a small button
102.5 cm. blade
102.5 cm. blade
Footnotes
For a somewhat similar sword sold in these Rooms see Fine Antique Arms and Armour from the Henk L. Visser Collection, 28 November 2007, lot 62








