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A Swept-Hilt Riding SwordEarly 17th Century, Possibly English
30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,000 inc. premium
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Early 17th Century, Possibly English
Early 17th Century, Possibly English
With tapering double-edged blade (patinated) incised with a running wolf mark on each side, the forte on both sides cut with three narrow fullers extending into the recessed rectangular ricasso, the central fuller incised '+ Claudio + Me + Fecit +' on one side, and '+ IHS + An + No + 16 + 05 +' on the other, the ricasso with punched and waved line borders, iron hilt of flattened bevelled bars composed of a recurved side-ring with central ovoidal feature and linked to the knuckle-guard above and forward arm below, the former screwed to the pommel, recurved quillons and outer up curved bar with tips en suite with the side-ring, inner bifurcated guard, fluted pointed quillon-block, large associated(?) faceted compressed pommel with button, and spirally grooved grip bound with twisted iron wire between brass Turk's heads
97 cm. blade
97 cm. blade








