Lot Essay
Cf. a somewhat similar sword in the Wallace Collection (inv. no. A 492)
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CIRCA 1500
Details
A Fine German Hand-And-Half Sword
Circa 1500
With tapering double-edged blade with shallow central fuller on each face inlaid with running wolf mark in latten, blackened iron hilt, horizontally recurved quillons with writhen fig-shaped tips, side-ring and inner guard, writhen fig-shaped pommel, and two-stage grip bound with cord and covered with its original leather
42¼in. (107.3cm.) blade
Circa 1500
With tapering double-edged blade with shallow central fuller on each face inlaid with running wolf mark in latten, blackened iron hilt, horizontally recurved quillons with writhen fig-shaped tips, side-ring and inner guard, writhen fig-shaped pommel, and two-stage grip bound with cord and covered with its original leather
42¼in. (107.3cm.) blade
Provenance
Hohenzollern Collection, Sigmaringen, Lower Bavaria, 1923
Literature
Blair 1962, plate 83
Hayward, p. 44, fig. XVIII (c)
Hayward & Blair, fig. 8
Oakeshott, pp. 13-14, plate 2
Hayward, p. 44, fig. XVIII (c)
Hayward & Blair, fig. 8
Oakeshott, pp. 13-14, plate 2
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.