6th Dec, 2023 11:00
Arms, Armour & Militaria
249
‡ A LUCERNE HAMMER IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY, A SPIKED FLAIL, 17TH CENTURY, AND ANOTHER, IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
the first with long terminal spike of diamond section, three-pronged hammer head, stout rear spike, a pair of straps, on a wooden haft (worm damage) fitted with a pair of additional straps; the second formed of ten iron spikes set into a rudimentary wooden haft (wormed); the third with bulbous head fitted with an iron collar with two spikes (four missing), and leaf-shaped terminal blade, on a wooden haft, the first: 90.5 cm head (3)
Provenance
Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent
Sold for £120
the first with long terminal spike of diamond section, three-pronged hammer head, stout rear spike, a pair of straps, on a wooden haft (worm damage) fitted with a pair of additional straps; the second formed of ten iron spikes set into a rudimentary wooden haft (wormed); the third with bulbous head fitted with an iron collar with two spikes (four missing), and leaf-shaped terminal blade, on a wooden haft, the first: 90.5 cm head (3)
Provenance
Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent
Auction: Arms, Armour & Militaria, 6th Dec, 2023
