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Lot 165
An English BroadswordCirca 1600
23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,375 inc. premium
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Circa 1600
Circa 1600
With broad tapering blade (shortened) cut with two slender fullers on each side of the forte indistinctly stamped with letters and incised with a mark beyond, iron hilt (rebuilt) of flattened bars comprising downcurved arms (replaced), recurved quillons (one replaced), oval side rings, knuckle-guard fitting into the disc-shaped pommel, the latter pierced with a hole, later brass button, and later leather-covered grip (pitting overall)
61.2 cm. blade
61.2 cm. blade
Footnotes
Provenance:
Christie's London, Antique Arms and Armour, 13 November 1985, lot 9
Cf. the English broadsword in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (inv. no. IX-840)








