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A East European Horseman's Axe Of Czekan Form
17th Century

Antique Arms and Armour
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£1,800 - £2,200

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A East European Horseman's Axe Of Czekan Form
17th Century

With iron head comprising large crescentic axe-blade with star-shaped piercing at the lower point, and stamped with shield-shaped maker's mark on one side, balanced by a hammer-head of tapering octagonal section with central moulding en suite, on rectangular socket with cusped pointed extensions on either side secured by pins each with fluted domed head, long seamed tubular socket with button finial, bottom mount en suite and each showing copper brazing, and wooden haft of circular section covered in black leather (some crazering and damage, iron parts with some pitting)
24.7 cm. head, 109.5 cm. overall

Footnotes

See Mieczyslaw Pasziewiez, 'Polish War Hammers: Czekan, Nadziak, Obuch', J.A.A.S. (June 1975), pp. 225-228, pl. LXXXII, figs. A-D and pl. LXXXIII

For a related axe in the Kurfürstlich-sächsischen Rüstkammer, Dresden, see Holger Schuckelt, Die Türckische Cammer..., 2010, p. 151, fig. 141

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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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