THE BLADE LATE MEDIEVAL, IT AND THE CROSS DECORATED IN THE MID-16TH CENTURY, THE GRIP FERRULES LATE 16TH CENTURY
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A Composite German Sword
The blade late medieval, it and the cross decorated in the mid-16th Century, the grip ferrules late 16th Century
With long flat slightly tapering double-edged blade with wide shallow fuller on each face of the forte inlaid in latten with a cross in a circle and two cross-staves crossed diagonally, and at the base a panel finely etched and gilt with a design of scrolling foliage bearing flowers, one face involving two grotesque terms and a bird, and the other rams' heads and cornucopiae, iron hilt comprising long straight trumpet-shaped quillons etched en suite with the blade (etching rubbed and most of its gilding missing), later shield-shaped pommel, and later wooden grip carved in a trellis pattern with a deep iron ferrule at the top and bottom each etched with strapwork against a ground of fine scrollwork
37in. (94.7cm.)
The form of the blade, and the marks on it, suggest that it dates from the late 14th or early 15th Century. The etched panels are probably derived from designs by Heinrich Aldegrever
The blade late medieval, it and the cross decorated in the mid-16th Century, the grip ferrules late 16th Century
With long flat slightly tapering double-edged blade with wide shallow fuller on each face of the forte inlaid in latten with a cross in a circle and two cross-staves crossed diagonally, and at the base a panel finely etched and gilt with a design of scrolling foliage bearing flowers, one face involving two grotesque terms and a bird, and the other rams' heads and cornucopiae, iron hilt comprising long straight trumpet-shaped quillons etched en suite with the blade (etching rubbed and most of its gilding missing), later shield-shaped pommel, and later wooden grip carved in a trellis pattern with a deep iron ferrule at the top and bottom each etched with strapwork against a ground of fine scrollwork
37in. (94.7cm.)
The form of the blade, and the marks on it, suggest that it dates from the late 14th or early 15th Century. The etched panels are probably derived from designs by Heinrich Aldegrever