A GERMAN EXECUTIONER'S SWORD, LATE 17TH CENTURY

A GERMAN EXECUTIONER'S SWORD, LATE 17TH CENTURY with broad flat blade of characteristic form, rounded at the tip and retaining traces of brass-lined latten marks on each side, iron hilt comprising a pair of straight trumpet-shaped quillons and tall conical fluted pommel, and original wooden grip bound with fishskin between brass collars, painted at the base on one side with a white inventory number, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with iron chape 82.3 cm; 32 3/8 in blade Provenance The Welfen Museum, Hanover, circa 1910 The Royal House of Hanover, sold Sotheby's, Schloss Marienburg, 5th October 2005, lot 359.