Lot Essay
By tradition acquired privately from Schloß Vaduz, Liechtenstein, circa 1928, and subsequently purchased by Paul Junot of Geneva, circa 1961
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EARLY 16TH CENTURY
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A rare German boar-sword (schwein-degen)
Early 16th Century
With straight slender blade of oblong section hollow-ground on the inner and outer face and struck with a maker's mark, later sprung cross-bar, swelling tip of flattened diamond section, iron hilt with straight quillons of round section swelling at the tips, pear-shaped pommel, and flattened corded grips swelling at the centre and covered with leather (incomplete)
40in. (101.6 cm.) blade
Early 16th Century
With straight slender blade of oblong section hollow-ground on the inner and outer face and struck with a maker's mark, later sprung cross-bar, swelling tip of flattened diamond section, iron hilt with straight quillons of round section swelling at the tips, pear-shaped pommel, and flattened corded grips swelling at the centre and covered with leather (incomplete)
40in. (101.6 cm.) blade