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Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A FINE ITALIAN CORSECA, MID-16TH CENTURY<br />

with very long tapering central blade of flattened-diamond<br />

section recessed at the base to a short rectangular panel, a<br />

pair of strongly curved tapering basal lugs, the right lug<br />

stamped with a mark on each side, faceted socket, and a<br />

pair of long straps with shaped terminals, on a later<br />

wooden haft<br />

103.5cm; 40N in head<br />

A similar example preserved in the Waffensammlung in the<br />

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna is illustrated in H. Seitz<br />

1965, p .391.<br />

£2000-2500<br />

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