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LATE 16TH CENTURY
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A GERMAN MILITARY BROADSWORD
LATE 16TH CENTURY
WITH BROAD SLIGHTLY TAPERING DOUBLE-EDGED BLADE STUCK ON EACH SIDE WITH RUDIMENTARY BRASS-LINED BLADESMITH'S MARKS, IRON HILT OF FLATTENED BARS WITH SYMMETRICAL GUARD, COMPRISING STRAIGHT SWELLING QUILLONS WITH SMALL BUD-SHAPED FINIALS, UPPER RING-GUARD JOINED TO THE LOWER RING-GUARD WITH A SWEPT DIAGONAL BAR, THE LOWER RING-GUARD WITH SINGLE UP-TURNED BAR AND LINKED TO THE QUILLONS BY A PAIR OF ARMS, OVOIDAL POMMEL WITH TRACES OF A PUNCHED AND ENGRAVED FLOWER-HEAD ON EACH SIDE, AND ORIGINAL SPIRALLY FLUTED WIRE-BOUND LEATHER-COVERED WOODEN GRIP
38½IN. (97.8CM.) BLADE
LATE 16TH CENTURY
WITH BROAD SLIGHTLY TAPERING DOUBLE-EDGED BLADE STUCK ON EACH SIDE WITH RUDIMENTARY BRASS-LINED BLADESMITH'S MARKS, IRON HILT OF FLATTENED BARS WITH SYMMETRICAL GUARD, COMPRISING STRAIGHT SWELLING QUILLONS WITH SMALL BUD-SHAPED FINIALS, UPPER RING-GUARD JOINED TO THE LOWER RING-GUARD WITH A SWEPT DIAGONAL BAR, THE LOWER RING-GUARD WITH SINGLE UP-TURNED BAR AND LINKED TO THE QUILLONS BY A PAIR OF ARMS, OVOIDAL POMMEL WITH TRACES OF A PUNCHED AND ENGRAVED FLOWER-HEAD ON EACH SIDE, AND ORIGINAL SPIRALLY FLUTED WIRE-BOUND LEATHER-COVERED WOODEN GRIP
38½IN. (97.8CM.) BLADE
Provenance
ANON. SALE, SOTHEBY'S, OLYMPIA, 30TH JUNE 2004, LOT 26
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.