GERMAN, CIRCA 1600
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German, circa 1600
The head of similar form to the last, the blade etched on each face with a panel containing a horseman in late 16th Century costume based on woodcuts by Virgil Solis, one brandishing a pistol, framed in foliated scrollwork against a dotted ground, the faces of the socket etched with bands of similar foliage, with later iron toggle and wooden staff, the latter covered with a trellis of leather thongs secured by domed nails
12in. (31.7cm.) head
German, circa 1600
The head of similar form to the last, the blade etched on each face with a panel containing a horseman in late 16th Century costume based on woodcuts by Virgil Solis, one brandishing a pistol, framed in foliated scrollwork against a dotted ground, the faces of the socket etched with bands of similar foliage, with later iron toggle and wooden staff, the latter covered with a trellis of leather thongs secured by domed nails
12in. (31.7cm.) head
Exhibited
Armes Anciennes Des Collections Suisses, Muse Rath, Geneva, 26 May - 27 August 1972, Cat. No. 272