LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Details
An Italian Corseca
Late 15th/Early 16th Century
With three-pronged head comprising a broad flat triangular central blade struck on each face with a 'twig' mark, set between two similar but smaller radiating blades, their undersides deeply cusped, tapering ten sided socket with two side-straps (broken), the lower half of the head etched with Renaissance ornament (rubbed) involving panels containing profile heads and putti, and associated wooden staff
24½in. (62.4cm.) head
Late 15th/Early 16th Century
With three-pronged head comprising a broad flat triangular central blade struck on each face with a 'twig' mark, set between two similar but smaller radiating blades, their undersides deeply cusped, tapering ten sided socket with two side-straps (broken), the lower half of the head etched with Renaissance ornament (rubbed) involving panels containing profile heads and putti, and associated wooden staff
24½in. (62.4cm.) head
Provenance
Hever Castle, Sotheby & Co., 5 May 1983, Lot 139