Lot Essay
Many similar holy water sprinklers survive in Swiss arsenals. See, for example, R. Wegeli, Inventar der Waffensammlung des Bernischen Historischen Museums in Bern, III. Stangenwaffen, Bern, 1939, pp. 5-20
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ANOTHER, the top spike formed as a short spear-head, and supplemented by a hook at the rear, 17th Century, probably Swiss or South German
21in. head
21in. head