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DATED 1677
Details
A Saxon miner's guild axe
Dated 1677
With iron blade pierced with a slipped trefoil and patterns of circular holes, and small chequered block-shaped peen, the wooden handle (some worm holes) inlaid with staghorn dots (minor losses) and plaques engraved with a crucifixion scene, kneeling figures, expanded roses and stylized ropework, the staghorn pommel engraved with an Elector on horseback, the crossed swords of the Archmarshallship of the Empire, and crossed implements below the date
36¼in. (92.1cm.)
Dated 1677
With iron blade pierced with a slipped trefoil and patterns of circular holes, and small chequered block-shaped peen, the wooden handle (some worm holes) inlaid with staghorn dots (minor losses) and plaques engraved with a crucifixion scene, kneeling figures, expanded roses and stylized ropework, the staghorn pommel engraved with an Elector on horseback, the crossed swords of the Archmarshallship of the Empire, and crossed implements below the date
36¼in. (92.1cm.)