Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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AN AXE, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
formed of a goose-wing shaped blade stamped on one side
with a pair of marks, in a heart the letters ‘TW’, and punched
with a running eye-lash pattern interrupted by rondels, and
with a series of rondels on the reverse, flat rectangular rear
pean, and short tapering socket (areas of pitting)
46.2cm; 18D in head
£300-500
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AN AXE, 18TH CENTURY
formed of a goose-wing shaped blade stamped on one side
with a pair of marks, in a rectangle the letters ‘J.P’, and
incised with foliage, the reverse left plain, flat rectangular
rear pean, and short tapering socket, on a short modern
haft (the head with areas of pitting)
53.2cm; 21in head
£250-300
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A WOODSMAN’S AXE, 18TH CENTURY
with broad blade stamped with a mark three times, in a
shield a herringbone pattern, a flower and a further pattern
of lines and rondels on the outer face, rectangular rear
pean, and short socket, on a short modern haft (the head
with areas of pitting)
35.5cm; 14in head
£250-300
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AN AXE, 16TH/17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY CROATIAN
formed of a goose-wing shaped blade stamped on one side
with a pair of marks, a pair of addorsed crescents bisected
by a line, a pair of eyelash marks and a series of stars on
one side and arrangements of rondels and crescents on the
other, rectangular rear pean, and short tapering socket, on
a short modern haft on a short modern haft (the head with
areas of pitting)
50.8cm; 20in head
An axe of similar form struck with the same marks and with
related decoration is preserved in the Museums für
Deutsches Geschichte, Berlin. See H. Müller and H. Kölling
1990, p.241, no.213.
£300-500