29th Jun, 2016 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
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A RARE ITALIAN HALBERD
A RARE ITALIAN HALBERD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY VENETIAN
with broad terminal blade pierced with a pair of slots, fitted at the base with a broad steel collar formed of six vertical hoops each interrupted by a chiselled mask, forward leaning pierced axe-blade fitted with a bronze warrior mask on each face, triangular rear-fluke fitted with a pair of bronze masks and pierced en suite, rectangular socket fitted with a later spiked transverse bolt, a pair of slender straps, and lightly engraved throughout (worn), on a wooden haft
54.5 cm; 21½ in head
A similar halberd is preserved in the Poldi Pezzoli Museo, Milan, cat. no. 525. A near-identical halberd was sold in these rooms, 28th June 2006, lot 347.
Sold for £1,500
A RARE ITALIAN HALBERD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY VENETIAN
with broad terminal blade pierced with a pair of slots, fitted at the base with a broad steel collar formed of six vertical hoops each interrupted by a chiselled mask, forward leaning pierced axe-blade fitted with a bronze warrior mask on each face, triangular rear-fluke fitted with a pair of bronze masks and pierced en suite, rectangular socket fitted with a later spiked transverse bolt, a pair of slender straps, and lightly engraved throughout (worn), on a wooden haft
54.5 cm; 21½ in head
A similar halberd is preserved in the Poldi Pezzoli Museo, Milan, cat. no. 525. A near-identical halberd was sold in these rooms, 28th June 2006, lot 347.
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 29th Jun, 2016
