Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A GERMAN ARMING SWORD WITH CHISELLED HILT,
CIRCA 1620-30
with double-edged blade of flattened-hexagonal section,
stamped with the inscription ‘Sahagum’ within a pair of
short fullers and cut with a panel of scrollwork on each
side, rebated ricasso hollowed for the thumb on the
reverse, steel hilt of flattened bars, comprising a pair of
drooping quillons, knuckle-guard, side-ring interrupted by a
waisted moulding, and flattened near fleur-de-lys shaped
pommel, lightly chiselled throughout with garlands of fruit
and scrollwork, retaining traces of early blued finish, and
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early spirally moulded grip bound with plaited copper wire
and ‘Turk’s heads’
77.5cm; 30I in blade
A group of plain gilt iron hilts with pommels of more
pronounced fleur-de-lys form are presered in the
Waffensamlung, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, inv.
nos. A.896, 1558, 1562 and 1584). Another, is preserved in
the James A. de Rothschild collection at Waddesdon
Manor, cat. no. 29. See C. Blair 1974, pp.96-98.
£4000-5000
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