EARLY 16TH CENTURY, SWISS OR GERMAN
Details
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Early 16th Century, Swiss or German
With flat head, the upper half of the spike of stiff diamond section, narrow axe-blade with down-sloping straight edge, struck on one face with a maker's mark, a rosette in a shield, triangular fluke, rectangular socket with four side-straps, and original wooden staff stamped four times with a mark like a fir-tree and painted in red with the number 'B 30'
20 5/8in. (52.4cm.) head
Early 16th Century, Swiss or German
With flat head, the upper half of the spike of stiff diamond section, narrow axe-blade with down-sloping straight edge, struck on one face with a maker's mark, a rosette in a shield, triangular fluke, rectangular socket with four side-straps, and original wooden staff stamped four times with a mark like a fir-tree and painted in red with the number 'B 30'
20 5/8in. (52.4cm.) head
Provenance
Anon. sale, Galerie Fischer, Luzern, 24 November 1976, Lot 4