Ⓦ A POMMEL FROM A HAND-AND-A-HALF SWORD, GERMAN OR SWISS, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Ⓦ A POMMEL FROM A HAND-AND-A-HALF SWORD, GERMAN OR SWISS, LATE 16TH CENTURY
of plummet-shaped form, struck on each face with a mark within a shield-shaped recess, and decorated with vertical ribs (rubbed)
6.5 cm; 2 ½ in high
Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)
Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection
The celebrated sword of Estorre Visconti has a pommel of related form, with alternating shield-shaped recesses filled with silver chased with an alternating design of the arms of Milan and the Visconti arms. See Oakeshott 1964, plates 21 and 22.
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Ⓦ A POMMEL FROM A HAND-AND-A-HALF SWORD, GERMAN OR SWISS, LATE 16TH CENTURY
of plummet-shaped form, struck on each face with a mark within a shield-shaped recess, and decorated with vertical ribs (rubbed)
6.5 cm; 2 ½ in high
Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)
Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection
The celebrated sword of Estorre Visconti has a pommel of related form, with alternating shield-shaped recesses filled with silver chased with an alternating design of the arms of Milan and the Visconti arms. See Oakeshott 1964, plates 21 and 22.
