DATED 1612
Details
A Spanish Processional Glaive
Dated 1612
The long flat knife-shaped head etched on each side with the Spanish royal arms within the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, with a crested and cabled border along the lower part of the back and, in one face, the date 1612 within scrolls, incised on the other face 'CWI' (later), and now screwed into the socket of a later staff
24¾in. (60.4cm.) head
Dated 1612
The long flat knife-shaped head etched on each side with the Spanish royal arms within the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, with a crested and cabled border along the lower part of the back and, in one face, the date 1612 within scrolls, incised on the other face 'CWI' (later), and now screwed into the socket of a later staff
24¾in. (60.4cm.) head
Provenance
Viscount Astor, Hever Castle, 5 May 1983, Lot 149