PARTLY MID-16TH CENTURY
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A COMPOSITE HAND-AND-HALF SWORD
PARTLY MID-16TH CENTURY
WITH TAPERING DOUBLE-EDGED BLADE WITH TRIPLE FULLERS ON EACH SIDE OF THE FORTE, THE HILT WITH SLENDER ARCHED QUILLONS TERMINATING IN BUTTONS, DOUBLE SIDE-RINGS LINKED AROUND THE BASE OF THE BLADE BY AN ASYMMETRICAL GUARD OF BARS INTERRUPTED BY SPIRALLY FLUTED KNOPS, PEAR-SHAPED POMMEL, AND LEATHER-COVERED GRIP
38.1/8IN. (96.8CM.) BLADE
PARTLY MID-16TH CENTURY
WITH TAPERING DOUBLE-EDGED BLADE WITH TRIPLE FULLERS ON EACH SIDE OF THE FORTE, THE HILT WITH SLENDER ARCHED QUILLONS TERMINATING IN BUTTONS, DOUBLE SIDE-RINGS LINKED AROUND THE BASE OF THE BLADE BY AN ASYMMETRICAL GUARD OF BARS INTERRUPTED BY SPIRALLY FLUTED KNOPS, PEAR-SHAPED POMMEL, AND LEATHER-COVERED GRIP
38.1/8IN. (96.8CM.) BLADE