â“‚ A RARE LUGGED SPEAR, LATE 15TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ITALIAN

with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, short recessed neck, a pair of triangular basal lugs, each pierced with three holes and struck with an 'M' mark on one side, faceted socket, a pair of short straps, on a later wooden haft

64 cm; 25¼ in head

A similar spear is illustrated in Troso 1988, p. 106, no. 9.

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