Single-edged sword, knife, and two pike tips, 16th century.
Single-edged sword, knife, and two pike tips, 16th century.
1) Single-edged knife with a slightly curved, blunt back and a slightly curved cutting edge. On the back, the handle plate has a step after the first of three rivets (one missing). Length 49.4 cm. Expertly restored and stabilized. 2) Knife with a straight, blunt back and a slightly convex cutting edge that tapers toward the tip. Thickening behind the blade and between the trapezoidal guard. Three rivets in the handle plate for the handle scales. Two perforations on the back, one at a rounded corner extension. Length 32.7 cm. Expertly restored and stabilized. 3) Stocky pikehead with a ferrule and a laurel-leaf-shaped blade. A rounded central ridge emerges from the ferrule. Surface covered with iron oxides. Length 14.1 cm. 4) Tip of a pike with a very long ferrule and a laurel-leaf-shaped blade, featuring an angular central ridge in the middle. Expertly restored and stabilized. Length: 23.6 cm.
CULTURAL HERITAGE!
Provenance: From the Axel Guttmann Collection, acquired in the 1980s and 1990s on the German art market.
Condition: II
Single-edged sword, knife, and two pike tips, 16th century.
1) Single-edged knife with a slightly curved, blunt back and a slightly curved cutting edge. On the back, the handle plate has a step after the first of three rivets (one missing). Length 49.4 cm. Expertly restored and stabilized. 2) Knife with a straight, blunt back and a slightly convex cutting edge that tapers toward the tip. Thickening behind the blade and between the trapezoidal guard. Three rivets in the handle plate for the handle scales. Two perforations on the back, one at a rounded corner extension. Length 32.7 cm. Expertly restored and stabilized. 3) Stocky pikehead with a ferrule and a laurel-leaf-shaped blade. A rounded central ridge emerges from the ferrule. Surface covered with iron oxides. Length 14.1 cm. 4) Tip of a pike with a very long ferrule and a laurel-leaf-shaped blade, featuring an angular central ridge in the middle. Expertly restored and stabilized. Length: 23.6 cm.
CULTURAL HERITAGE!
Provenance: From the Axel Guttmann Collection, acquired in the 1980s and 1990s on the German art market.
Condition: II
