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Lot 111

A Composite Italian Broadsword With 'Crab-Claw' Hilt
Early 17th Century, Probably Venetian

30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£1,000 - £1,200

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A Composite Italian Broadsword With 'Crab-Claw' Hilt
Early 17th Century, Probably Venetian

With broad double-edged blade (minor edge nicks), the forte on one side incised with a symmetrical design of foliage and a shield bearing a lion rampant on a punched ground, russeted iron hilt comprising arched double quillons, a side-ring between, fluted triangular hand-guard (some holes) with turned edges and riveted to the pommel, the latter of globular form incised with crossed lines, and grip bound with twisted iron wire between Turk's heads
74.4 cm. blade

Footnotes

For related swords see Lionello G. Boccia & Eduardo T. Coelho, Armi Bianche Italiane, 1975, figs. 588-591

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