A ITALIAN GLAIVE, SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY with broad curved knife-like blade, the upper portion double-edged, slender up-swept rear spike, a pair of pointed basal lugs, moulded tapering socket, and a single short strap (one strap missing, cleaned), on a later wooden haft 84.2cm; 33 1/8in head Provenance John Waldman Collection, sold Bonhams Knightsbridge, 26th November 2008, lot 262 Literature John Waldman, Hafted Weapons of Medieval and Renaissance Europe, 2005, pp.109 and 111, fig. 92