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LATE 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Details
A COMPOSITE NORTH GERMAN BASKET-HILTED MILITARY SWORD (TESSAK)
Late 16th early 17th Century
With 18th Century curved single-edged blade struck with a moon and star on the inner face (and with traces of a damascened panel on both sides at the forte), iron hilt of both faceted and rounded bars, including a pair of long quillons with angled recurved globular tips cut with a basketwork pattern, outer-guard incorporating a fluted up-turned solid shell-guard, with inner ring-guard and thumb-ring, compressed pommel en suite with the quillon tips, and wooden grip (binding missing).
35in (89cm) blade
Late 16
With 18
35
Special notice
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