A CUTLASS WITH SCALLOP GUARD, Dutch, 17th Century, mounted in iron with cow's horn grip, S-shaped crossguard with a large hand guard on the obverse shaped as if a sea-shell, and with a thumb-bow on the reverse, curved, single-edged grooved blade, etched on both sides in the Dutch 17th Century style, comprising floral scrolls, a trophy of arms including a shield with the V.O.C-emblem, the letters PPP and the year 1685 | Christie's

拍品 149 B

149 B

A CUTLASS WITH SCALLOP GUARD, Dutch, 17th Century, mounted in iron with cow's horn grip, S-shaped crossguard with a large hand guard on the obverse shaped as if a sea-shell, and with a thumb-bow on the reverse, curved, single-edged grooved blade, etched on both sides in the Dutch 17th Century style, comprising floral scrolls, a trophy of arms including a shield with the V.O.C-emblem, the letters PPP and the year 1685

細節

A CUTLASS WITH SCALLOP GUARD, Dutch, 17th Century, mounted in iron with cow's horn grip, S-shaped crossguard with a large hand guard on the obverse shaped as if a sea-shell, and with a thumb-bow on the reverse, curved, single-edged grooved blade, etched on both sides in the Dutch 17th Century style, comprising floral scrolls, a trophy of arms including a shield with the V.O.C-emblem, the letters PPP and the year 1685
87.7cm. long

拍品專文

The letters PPP probably stand for pugno pro patria, a motto normally associated with the Admiralty of Rotterdam. Hilts of the type as described are usually associated with the sea; they were very popular in North-West Europe and America during the 17th and 18th Centuries.