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An Italian BrandestocMid-17th Century
30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,875 inc. premium
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Mid-17th Century
Mid-17th Century
Entirely of iron, the axe-head stamped on each side at the socket with a cherub's head amid foliage, the peen formed as an eagle's talon (one claw replaced), a hinged circular cover between opening to reveal a long tapering blade of diamond section with sprung locking catch at the base, on seamed tubular haft baized together (wear and pitting overall)
187 cm. (extended)
187 cm. (extended)
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Provenance
Sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms and Armour, 28 November 2002, lot 148
For a similar example see Lionello G. Boccia and Eduardo T. Coelho, Armi Bianche Italiane, 1975, p. 402, Nos. 603/604 (illustrated)








