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Lot 110

A Venetian Shiavona
18th Century

30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£1,200 - £1,500

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A Venetian Shiavona
18th Century

With broad double-edged blade with central fuller over half its length on each side, border engraved ricasso struck with two shield-shaped marks each bearing a cross on one side, hilt with characteristic iron basket-guard (some pitting) comprising a fan-shaped arrangement of flat radiating bars pinched in and joined at the top to a wide diagonal bar pierced with a row of chevroned trelliswork, inner-guard with a similar arrangement of three bars, inner thumb-ring, curved rear quillon with rounded terminal, shield-shaped brass pommel with raised central boss on each side, and swelling cord-bound leather-covered grip
86.8 cm. blade

Footnotes

For swords of this type see L.G. Boccia, 'Les épées des Esclarons: entre Venise et Illyrie', Genava, XVIII, 1995, pp. 118-119

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