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EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Details
A SWISS HALBERD
EARLY 16TH CENTURY
With 21 ¼ in. (54 cm.) head struck with a mark on one side of the downcurved rear fluke, open socket extending into two side-straps, on 76 in. (193 cm.) wooden haft
EARLY 16TH CENTURY
With 21 ¼ in. (54 cm.) head struck with a mark on one side of the downcurved rear fluke, open socket extending into two side-straps, on 76 in. (193 cm.) wooden haft
Provenance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 24-26 October 1956, lot 139.
Special notice
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