Thomas Del Mar - Armour Sale

176 177176A GERMAN EXECUTIONER’S SWORD, EARLY 18THCENTURYwith broad double-edged blade of characteristic form,etched with a bird feeding upon a bouquet of fruit, theinscription ‘Justisia’, a Cherub holding the scales of justicewithin a laurel wreath, and the further inscription ‘Profide EtPatri’ and a rampant lion on one side and further designsincluding the inscription ‘Nemcer Hut Mo’ on the other,steel hilt including a pair of faceted tapering quillons,faceted plummet-shaped pommel, and wooden grip boundwith brass wire and a collar top and bottom, in its leatherscabbard with large plain brass mounts83.8cm; 33in blade£2000-2500177A DUTCH CAVALRY SWORD OF THE TYPE ASSOCIATEDWITH THE AMSTERDAM TOWN GUARD, SECOND HALFOF THE 17TH CENTURYwith double-edged blade stamped ’SAHAGAM’ within ashort fuller and cut with a running wolf mark on each side,stamped with the bladesmith’s mark and Amsterdam Townmark at the forte, steel hilt of characteristic form, includinginner and outer ring-guard each fitted with a sprung-in platepierced with a series of stars and circles, scrolling quillonstamped with a clover leaf mark on the reverse, knuckleguard,thumb-loop, and compressed plummet-shapedpommel, and the grip bound with twisted wire and ‘Turks’heads’89cm; 35in bladeFor a discussion of this group see H.L.Visser 1996, pp.144-157.£800-100072