Thomas Del Mar - Armour Sale

219 220219AN ITALIAN SPEAR, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 16THCENTURYwith broad tapering blade engraved on one side of theblade with a coat-of-arms, six birds in a shield, and a singlebird within a wreath on the other, struck beneath with thegothic letters ‘FT’ on either side of a two-stage medial ridgerunning over the shaped recessed lower portion, andfaceted socket fitted with a moulded latten collar top andbottom (the tip with a small chip), on a fabric-coveredwooden haft76cm; 30in head£700-900220AN ITALIAN BRANDISTOCK, EARLY 17TH CENTURYwith long central spike of diamond section, a pair ofstrongly up-curved basal lugs, moulded collar, facetedsocket, and a pair of later straps, on a later wooden haft72.5cm; 28I in£400-50086