Ⓦ A RARE HAND-AND-A-HALF SWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY, GERMAN OR SWISS

Ⓦ A RARE HAND-AND-A-HALF SWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY, GERMAN OR SWISS

with broad flat tapering double-edged blade formed with a pair of fullers and stamped with the bladesmith's marks three times in front on each face, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising a pair of straight quillons with swollen terminals, upper and lower ring-guards joined by a pair of arms, trifurcated inner-guard, and faceted plummet-shaped pommel (areas of light pitting), and two-stage wooden grip bound with plaited wire between 'Turk's heads' at the top, middle and bottom

99.0 cm; 39 in blade

Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)

Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection

For a discussion of this group see Norman 1980, pp. 111-115, type 43.