A FINE SWISS HALBERD OF SO-CALLED SEMPACH TYPE, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ZURICH

A FINE SWISS HALBERD OF SO-CALLED SEMPACH TYPE, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ZURICH with reinforced terminal spike, long slightly curved axe-blade, triangular rear fluke stamped with a mark on one side, and a pair of long straps, on an early wooden haft painted with the inventory number 'K.Z.1492', and impressed 'ZHS Zurich' at the base, and with brass shoe 93.2 cm; 36 3/4 in head Provenance The Zurich town Arsenal Galerie Fischer, Luzern, 11th November 1981, lot 30 Galerie Fischer, Luzern, 11th September 2008, lot 30 The mark is that of Lamprecht or Lambert Koller. A number of similar halberds by this maker are preserved in the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich. See Meier 1982 nos. 16 and 17.