Ⓦ A SOUTH INDIAN SPEAR, LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Ⓦ A SOUTH INDIAN SPEAR, LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY
with tapering leaf-shaped blade of flattened-diamond section, inlaid with a brief inscription in silver on one face at the base (small losses), tapering socket interrupted by a low raised moulding and a disc-shaped basal guard, on its wooden haft with elaborate iron shoe, formed with pronounced fluted bulbous mouldings and tapering spiked terminal (the iron parts with areas of pitting)
52.3 cm; 20 55/8 in overall
Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)
Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection
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Ⓦ A SOUTH INDIAN SPEAR, LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY
with tapering leaf-shaped blade of flattened-diamond section, inlaid with a brief inscription in silver on one face at the base (small losses), tapering socket interrupted by a low raised moulding and a disc-shaped basal guard, on its wooden haft with elaborate iron shoe, formed with pronounced fluted bulbous mouldings and tapering spiked terminal (the iron parts with areas of pitting)
52.3 cm; 20 55/8 in overall
Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)
Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection
