Lot 1053
One-sided sword, knife and two pike tips, 16th century.
Works of Art, Antiquities & Ancient Art | A109kua | Live auction | 1190 Lots
Description
1) Single-edged knife with a slightly curved, blunt back and a slightly curved cutting edge. At the rear, a grip plate with a shoulder after the first of 3 rivets (one lost). Length 49.4 cm. Professionally restored and stabilised. 2) Knife with a straight, blunt back and a slightly convex cutting edge tapering towards the point. A thickening between the blade and the trapezoidal grip plate. Three rivets for the scales in the grip plate. At the rear, two perforations, one at a rounded corner projection. Length 32.7 cm. Professionally restored and stabilised. 3) Squat head of a pike with socket and lanceolate blade. Rounded medial ridge emerging from the socket. Surface covered with iron oxides. Length 14.1 cm. 4) Head of a pike with a very long socket and lanceolate blade, with an angular medial ridge along the centre. Professionally restored and stabilised. Length 23.6 cm. CULTURAL ASSET!Provenance: From the Axel Guttmann Collection, acquired in the 1980s and 1990s on the German art market.
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