Lot Essay
For a very similar example to the first, with marks attributed to Giovanni Appiano, see H. Müller and H. Köllick, Europäische Hieb-und Stichwaffen, Berlin 1981, No.223
THE FIRST TWO MID-15TH CENTURY AND EARLY 18TH CENTURY; THE SECOND TWO 16TH CENTURY AND 18TH CENTURY.
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TWO BOAR SPEARS; TWO MILITARY SPEARS; AND A LARGE AXE
The first two mid-15th Century and early 18th Century; The second two 16th Century and 18th Century.
The first boar spear Italian, with long leaf-shaped blade formed with a strongly pronounced medial ridge (toggle missing), on a chip-carved staff with leather trellis binding; the second boar spear of flattened diamond section, struck with a mark (toggle missing) and on a knotted wooden staff.
The first two 15¼in (38.7cm) and 20 5/8in (52,4cm) heads (5)
The first two mid-15
The first boar spear Italian, with long leaf-shaped blade formed with a strongly pronounced medial ridge (toggle missing), on a chip-carved staff with leather trellis binding; the second boar spear of flattened diamond section, struck with a mark (toggle missing) and on a knotted wooden staff.
The first two 15¼
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