A RARE STATE HALBERD OF A SAXON ELECTORAL GUARD

LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A RARE STATE HALBERD OF A SAXON ELECTORAL GUARD
LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With broad double-edged blade with low medial ridge and etched with an electoral crown with crossed palm fronds above a bed of flowering foliage on each side, turned base, large crescentic axe-blade and waved tapering rear-fluke respectively etched on each side with the crowned coat of arms of the Electors of Saxony and the tail of a serpent, the rounded centre between deeply etched on each side with the monogram ‘C G Z I’ surrounded by a laurel wreath, faceted tapering socket with turned cushion-shaped mouldings above and below, shortened side-straps, and later wooden haft
86 in. (218 cm.) high overall

Provenance

Purchased by Michael Inchbald from R.J. Wigington, Stratford, 11 May 1972.

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Lot Essay

This halberd is very similar in shape to those carried by the guard of Friedrich August I (the Strong), Elector of Saxony (1694-1733), which are differently monogrammed with the initials FAC (The Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Collection of Armor and Arms, Princeton University Press, 1963, p. 254).

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