Thomas Del Mar - Armour Sale

168 169VARIOUS OWNERS168A FINE GERMAN TWO-HAND PROCESSIONAL SWORD,LATE 16TH CENTURYwith long broad blade of flattened-hexagonal sectionwidening towards a short spear point, cut with a runningwolf mark retaining traces of latten on one face, and thericasso formed with a pair of up-turned flat lugs andretaining much of its original leather and wood covering,steel hilt retaining much of its original blue-black finish,comprising a pair of drooping quillons of diamond sectionwith tightly curled terminals, cut with small decorativepanels, applied with pairs of slender iron coils towards theterminals, symmetrical inner and outer ring-guards eachfilled with a fleur-de-lys projection, boldly fluted plummetshapedpommel with punched and incised linear panels,and retaining its original leather-covered wooden grip (theleatherwork with small expert restorations)126.5cm; 49N in bladeExhibited: The Royal Hospital Chelsea, 2nd September2006 (private exhibition).A very similar sword with a closely related mark on the bladeis preserved in the Landeszeughaus, Graz, inv. no. BL40.£6000-8000169A COMPOSITE GERMAN TWO-HAND SWORD, EARLY17TH CENTURY AND LATERwith double-edged wavy blade of flattened-diamondsection, the ricasso formed with a pair of crescentic upturnedlugs and covered with leather over its lower portion,iron hilt of flattened bars decorated with pairs of incisedlines, comprising slightly down-turned quillons formed witha pair of tightly curled scrolls at the terminals and a pair ofcurled lugs at the base, inner and outer ring-guards,compressed plummet-shaped pommel chiselled with anexpanded flowerhead on the top, and leather-coveredwooden grip121cm; 47K in blade£1500-180068