**A SHORTSWORD (CINQUEDEA) IN ITALIAN EARLY 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with broad tapering blade cut with a long slender central fuller, brass hilt comprising arched guard fluted in the centre and engraved with flowers on the terminals on each side, scrolling cap pommel, and a pair of horn grips retained by a pair of iron rivets with brass washers 48.5 cm; 19 in blade Provenance Giulia P. Morosini, sold American Art Association, Anderson Galleries Inc., New York, 10-15 October 1932, part of lot 198 JWHA Inv. No. 1833