A POLISH OBUCH with slender iron head comprising bulbous hammer and slightly recurved beak-like fluke of square section, entirely decorated with gold-damascened scrolling foliage, on original wooden haft covered with green velvet (velvet worn, head detached) and sheathed at each end with an octagonal iron mount decorated en suite with the head, an iron strip between (iron parts with some pitting overall), probaly 17th Century | Christie's

Lot 8

A POLISH OBUCH with slender iron head comprising bulbous hammer and slightly recurved beak-like fluke of square section, entirely decorated with gold-damascened scrolling foliage, on original wooden haft covered with green velvet (velvet worn, head detached) and sheathed at each end with an octagonal iron mount decorated en suite with the head, an iron strip between (iron parts with some pitting overall), probaly 17th Century

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A POLISH OBUCH with slender iron head comprising bulbous hammer and slightly recurved beak-like fluke of square section, entirely decorated with gold-damascened scrolling foliage, on original wooden haft covered with green velvet (velvet worn, head detached) and sheathed at each end with an octagonal iron mount decorated en suite with the head, an iron strip between (iron parts with some pitting overall), probaly 17th Century
24in.

Lot Essay

For a discussion on Polish war hammers, see M. Paszkiewicz, 'Polish War Hammers, Czekan, Nadziak, Obuch', J.A.A.S.', Vol. VIII, No. 3, pp. 225-227, pls. LXXXI-LXXXII

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