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THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY
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A FINE GERMAN HAND-AND-A-HALF SWORD
Third quarter of the 16th Century
With tapering double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section (edges slightly damaged) struck with letters within the two short fullers on each face of the forte and with a mark on each side of the ricasso, iron guard with much original blued finish, of bars of circular section, comprising long straight quillons with baluster tips, two oval side-guards swelling at the centre, saltire-shaped inner guard, and large thumb-ring, blued onion-shaped pommel (neck chipped), and original flattened shouldered leather-covered grip
45¾in. (116.2cm.) blade
Third quarter of the 16th Century
With tapering double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section (edges slightly damaged) struck with letters within the two short fullers on each face of the forte and with a mark on each side of the ricasso, iron guard with much original blued finish, of bars of circular section, comprising long straight quillons with baluster tips, two oval side-guards swelling at the centre, saltire-shaped inner guard, and large thumb-ring, blued onion-shaped pommel (neck chipped), and original flattened shouldered leather-covered grip
45¾in. (116.2cm.) blade
Provenance
Charles Boissonas (1832-1912), Galerie Fischer, Luzern, 25 November 1959, lot 142
John F. Hayward
John F. Hayward
Literature
Jean Boissonas, Alte Waffen aus der Schweiz, no. 128, p. 22, plate XXIX
Special notice
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