CIRCA 1540
Details
A Rare German Backsword
Circa 1540
With straight single-edged blade with long back-edge towards the point and triple fullers bordering the back, struck on one face with a 'twig' mark, the iron guard comprising straight slender quillons with writhen knob terminals and side-shell formed as a fire-steel pierced with a central cross between two hearts and with roped edge and scroll-shaped terminals at each end, crutch-shaped bone pommel (cracked) carved with a female figure dressed in the style of circa 1540 and a cherub's head, and wooden grip covered with fish-skin
32in. (82.6cm.) blade
Circa 1540
With straight single-edged blade with long back-edge towards the point and triple fullers bordering the back, struck on one face with a 'twig' mark, the iron guard comprising straight slender quillons with writhen knob terminals and side-shell formed as a fire-steel pierced with a central cross between two hearts and with roped edge and scroll-shaped terminals at each end, crutch-shaped bone pommel (cracked) carved with a female figure dressed in the style of circa 1540 and a cherub's head, and wooden grip covered with fish-skin
32in. (82.6cm.) blade
Provenance
Believed to have been in the collection of Adrian Conan Doyle
Sale room notice
Please note that the bone pommel is now chipped as well as cracked.