FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY
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A Swedish Broadsword
First half of the 17th Century
With tapering blade with a central fuller on each face of the forte containing an inscription (illegible), iron hilt with long spatulate vertically recurved quillons, double side-rings, the inner one with a thumb-ring, the other filled by a plate pierced and chiselled with foliage, and heart-shaped pommel, the outer side decorated throughout with punched foliage, the spirally-fluted wooden grip bound with wire (rust-pitted throughout)
35¾in. (90.8cm.) blade
A similar sword with a figure of Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden in the decoration is in the Royal Armouries (No. IX.52). See Claude Blair, European and American Arms, plate 92
First half of the 17th Century
With tapering blade with a central fuller on each face of the forte containing an inscription (illegible), iron hilt with long spatulate vertically recurved quillons, double side-rings, the inner one with a thumb-ring, the other filled by a plate pierced and chiselled with foliage, and heart-shaped pommel, the outer side decorated throughout with punched foliage, the spirally-fluted wooden grip bound with wire (rust-pitted throughout)
35¾in. (90.8cm.) blade
A similar sword with a figure of Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden in the decoration is in the Royal Armouries (No. IX.52). See Claude Blair, European and American Arms, plate 92