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MID-LATE 17TH CENTURY
Details
A RARE SWISS HALBERD
MID-LATE 17TH CENTURY
With 21 in. (53cm.) head struck on each side of the waved blade with a mark, short octagonal section socket with vertically recurved cross-spikes, and pierced axe-blade, on 73 ½ in. (186.5 cm.) wooden haft, probably original, with brass studs and remains of tassel
MID-LATE 17TH CENTURY
With 21 in. (53cm.) head struck on each side of the waved blade with a mark, short octagonal section socket with vertically recurved cross-spikes, and pierced axe-blade, on 73 ½ in. (186.5 cm.) wooden haft, probably original, with brass studs and remains of tassel
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's King Street, 30 April 1973, lot 189.
Special notice
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