Lot Essay
For the Markwart (Marquart) family and their marks see Lavin, pp. 71-91
See lot 26
See lot 26
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16TH CENTURY
Details
A Spanish Lance Head
16th Century
Of bright steel with pronounced medial ridge on each side and short point of stiff diamond section, the polygonal socket struck on each side with a sickle mark, perhaps that of the Markwart (Marquart) family
5¼in. (13.3cm.)
16th Century
Of bright steel with pronounced medial ridge on each side and short point of stiff diamond section, the polygonal socket struck on each side with a sickle mark, perhaps that of the Markwart (Marquart) family
5¼in. (13.3cm.)
Provenance
William H. Riggs
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Christie's, 23 November 1960, part of lot 255 (3gns. to Gwynn)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Christie's, 23 November 1960, part of lot 255 (3gns. to Gwynn)
Literature
Stone, fig. 512 (2)
Special notice
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