AN ITALIAN BROADSWORD with double-edged blade (light pitting) with shallow fuller on each face of the forte stamped with sickle and circle marks and twice with maker's mark, iron hilt comprising slender double 'crab claw' quillons with side-ring, solid triangular hand-guard turned at the edges and engraved with a large bird and foliage, faceted globular pommel, and wire-bound wooden grip, circa 1630, probably Venetian | Christie's

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AN ITALIAN BROADSWORD with double-edged blade (light pitting) with shallow fuller on each face of the forte stamped with sickle and circle marks and twice with maker's mark, iron hilt comprising slender double 'crab claw' quillons with side-ring, solid triangular hand-guard turned at the edges and engraved with a large bird and foliage, faceted globular pommel, and wire-bound wooden grip, circa 1630, probably Venetian

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AN ITALIAN BROADSWORD with double-edged blade (light pitting) with shallow fuller on each face of the forte stamped with sickle and circle marks and twice with maker's mark, iron hilt comprising slender double 'crab claw' quillons with side-ring, solid triangular hand-guard turned at the edges and engraved with a large bird and foliage, faceted globular pommel, and wire-bound wooden grip, circa 1630, probably Venetian
29¼in. blade

拍品專文

For similar similar swords see L.G. Boccia & E.T. Coelho, Armi Bianche Italiane, 1975, Figs. 588-91