A DUTCH CAVALRY SWORD, the straight double-edged blade with central fuller at the forte stamped 'Me Fecit Salingen' with running wolf mark, struck on one face near the hilt with the Amsterdam mark and a crowned P on the other, iron 'Walloon' hilt with asymmetrical oval side-rings filled with pierced plates, downcurved rear quillon, knuckle-guard, thumb-ring, globular pommel, and original wire-bound grip, second half of the 17th Century

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A DUTCH CAVALRY SWORD, the straight double-edged blade with central fuller at the forte stamped 'Me Fecit Salingen' with running wolf mark, struck on one face near the hilt with the Amsterdam mark and a crowned P on the other, iron 'Walloon' hilt with asymmetrical oval side-rings filled with pierced plates, downcurved rear quillon, knuckle-guard, thumb-ring, globular pommel, and original wire-bound grip, second half of the 17th Century
36¼in. blade
Provenance
Howard M. Curtis, sold in these Rooms 31 October, 1984, lot 184

Lot Essay

Used by the Amsterdam town guard

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