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Lot 95
A Rare Italian BrandestocMid-17th Century
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,250 inc. premium
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Mid-17th Century
Mid-17th Century
Of iron, the head with four-pronged hammer-head with a spherical feature formed of six loops behind, and balanced by a beak-shaped fluke en suite (some hoops bent), a tapering blade of hollow diamond section emerging between and secured in position by a sprung locking catch, and seamed tubular haft (shortened) on a wooden staff of circular section (surface rust patination and pitting overall)
174 cm. extended
174 cm. extended
Footnotes
For another example see Lionello G. Boccia and Eduardo T. Coelho, Armi Bianche Italiane, 1975, p. 402, nos. 603/604








