with associated tapering blade struck with a brief inscription on each face at the forte, recessed ricasso, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising straight quillons, upper and lower ring-guard, the former joined to the knuckle-guard by an additional bar, trifurcated inner-guard, barrel-shaped pommel decorated with a relief panel cut with a hatched design on the outer face, and the grip bound with wire between ‘Turk’s heads’ (loose, areas of pitting), 114.0 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent

Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.