The Following Lots Were In The Collection Of Grethe Pederson, of Ledøje, Denmark
Two Composite Broadswords
THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVELY GERMAN MID-16TH CENTURY, THE SECOND PARTLY 18TH CENTURY
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Two Composite Broadswords
The first comprehensively German mid-16th Century, the second partly 18th Century
The first with broad bluntly-pointed double-edged blade stamped at the forte with sickle and serpent marks, iron half-basket guard of flat bars with straight triangular-ended quillons and an inner thumb-ring, truncated pyramidal pommel with traces of punched decoration, and later leather-covered wooden grip; the second with straight blade stamped with a spurious date and the monogram of Carlos IV of Spain (1788-1808), iron hilt with upturned fluted shell, vertically recurved quillons, reeded pommel, and wire-bound grip
24 7/8in. (63.2cm.) and 24 1/8in. (61.3cm.) blades (2)
The first comprehensively German mid-16th Century, the second partly 18th Century
The first with broad bluntly-pointed double-edged blade stamped at the forte with sickle and serpent marks, iron half-basket guard of flat bars with straight triangular-ended quillons and an inner thumb-ring, truncated pyramidal pommel with traces of punched decoration, and later leather-covered wooden grip; the second with straight blade stamped with a spurious date and the monogram of Carlos IV of Spain (1788-1808), iron hilt with upturned fluted shell, vertically recurved quillons, reeded pommel, and wire-bound grip
24 7/8in. (63.2cm.) and 24 1/8in. (61.3cm.) blades (2)