An Italian Bill (Roncone)

EARLY 16TH CENTURY

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An Italian Bill (Roncone)
Early 16th Century
With flat head of characteristic form, bifurcated at the top into a slender straight spike and a hook, slender triangular fluke and two slender upturned pointed lugs at the base, incised on each face with a circuler device and an engrailed border with fleur-de-lys, and struck twice with a maker's mark, the flat tapering socket with separate brass moulding at top and bottom, and later wooden staff
30in. (78cm.) head

Lot Essay

For a closely similar bill struck with the same maker's mark see inv. no. A 929 in the Wallace Collection
Cf. also von Kienbusch Collection, inv. no. 519

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