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Lot 112

An Italian Sword With 'Crab-Claw' Hilt
Early 17th Century, Probably Venetian

30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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An Italian Sword With 'Crab-Claw' Hilt
Early 17th Century, Probably Venetian

With tapering double-edged blade of slightly hollowed flattened diamond section, the forte with central fuller on each side incised 'Ihn Solingen' between cross marks, iron hilt comprising notched arched double quillons, three concentric oval side-rings decorated with notching and cross-hatching respectively, the upper two with characteristic scallop-shaped shell between, barrel-shaped pommel cut with a pair of flutes along each side and with button, and vertically grooved grip bound with twisted iron wire between Turk's heads (some rust patination)
87 cm. blade

Footnotes

See Lionello G. Boccia & Eduardo T. Coelho, Armi Bianche Italiane, 1975, fig. 586

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