Lot 1297
A South German or Swiss cavalry sword with openwork hilt, circa 1600
Arms & Armour, and Antique Firearms | A106aw | Live auction | 581 Lots
Description
Sturdy, double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, with shallow fullers on both sides of the root. Stylised Passau wolf mark on the reverse with remnants of copper inlays. An illegible mark stamped on both sides of the ricasso. The hilt composed of flat, openwork bars with finely stippled embellishment on the front. Spirally fluted grip with well-replaced iron wire winding and Turk's heads. Flat quatrefoil pommel with four perforations and offset riveted finial. Length 122.5 cm. Hans Müller, a cutler in Zurich, among others, is known to have produced openwork hilts of this type, as documented by armoury invoices circa 1605. Around that time, he supplied two-hand hilts with very similar, directly comparable pommels and keyhole-shaped perforations to the armoury in Zurich. See Hugo Schneider, Griffwaffen im Schweizerischen Landesmuseum, Griffwaffen I, two-hand swords nos. 159 to 162.Provenance: The Collection of the Margraves of Baden-Baden, Sotheby's auction, 5 to 21 October 1995.
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