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THE BLADE POSSIBLY LATE 15TH CENTURY ITALIAN
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A BROADSWORD WITH 'CINQUEDEA' STYLE HILT
THE BLADE POSSIBLY LATE 15TH CENTURY ITALIAN
With broad tapering double-edged fullered blade, brass hilt with short arched quillons, walrus ivory grip-scales and panels, the former with two pierced brass filigree roundels on each side, and rounded pommel, the pommel and quillon-block each with incised foliate decoration (some minor corrosion marking to the blade, walrus ivory with some staining, some rubbing to the brass parts of the hilt)
30¼in. (76.8cm.) blade
THE BLADE POSSIBLY LATE 15TH CENTURY ITALIAN
With broad tapering double-edged fullered blade, brass hilt with short arched quillons, walrus ivory grip-scales and panels, the former with two pierced brass filigree roundels on each side, and rounded pommel, the pommel and quillon-block each with incised foliate decoration (some minor corrosion marking to the blade, walrus ivory with some staining, some rubbing to the brass parts of the hilt)
30¼in. (76.8cm.) blade
Provenance
(According to Oakeshott)
Baron de Cosson
Douglas Ash
Ewart Oakeshott
David Drey
Baron de Cosson
Douglas Ash
Ewart Oakeshott
David Drey
Literature
R. Ewart Oakeshott, The Sword in the Age of Chivalry, p. 78, pl. 44 A and B
E. Oakeshott, Records of the Medieval Sword, p. 217
E. Oakeshott, Records of the Medieval Sword, p. 217
Sale room notice
Please note this lot contains walrus ivory and should be marked as endangered in the catalogue.
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