Lot 2636
A rare military lugged spear or "Bohemian ear-spoon", North European, circa 1500
Arms & Armour, and Antique Firearms | A109aw | Live auction | 1369 Lots
Description
Double-edged blade with a pronounced medial ridge on both sides. Trefoil-shaped pierced dot motifs at the base on both sides. Maker's mark (trefoil) stamped on both sides. Round, slightly tapered socket with pointed lateral lugs, also decorated with trefoil-shaped pierced dot motifs. Two iron langets. Wooden shaft added in the 19th century. (light inactive worm damage). Head 53.5 cm. Overall length 236 cm. A closely comparable example bearing the mark of the same maker is in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. no. 14.25.460. See WALDMAN, John, Hafted Weapons in Medieval and Renaissance Europe, Boston 2005, p. 8, fig. 1Provenance: From a Vienna private collection. Hermann Historica: The Karsten Klinbeil Collection, Part II, Lot 62, 14.10.2012.
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