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THE BLAIR CHARITABLE TRUST, REMOVED FROM BLAIR CASTLE, BLAIR ATHOLL, SCOTLAND
A GERMAN TWO-HAND PROCESSIONAL SWORD
LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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A GERMAN TWO-HAND PROCESSIONAL SWORD
LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
With broad double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section struck on each face with a maker's mark, long ricasso partially covered with leather and with two downturned side-lugs, iron guard with long arched quillons each with scrolled details forming a fleur-de-lys, and side-rings each filled with a fleur-de-lys, plummet-shaped pommel incised with five grooves, and wooden grip with central moulded leather-covered section flanked by later textile-covered sections
67 ¾ in. (172 cm.) overall
LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
With broad double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section struck on each face with a maker's mark, long ricasso partially covered with leather and with two downturned side-lugs, iron guard with long arched quillons each with scrolled details forming a fleur-de-lys, and side-rings each filled with a fleur-de-lys, plummet-shaped pommel incised with five grooves, and wooden grip with central moulded leather-covered section flanked by later textile-covered sections
67 ¾ in. (172 cm.) overall
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