20th Mar, 2013 10:00
Thomas Del Mar Ltd - Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria - John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
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**AN ITALIAN PARTISAN
**AN ITALIAN PARTISAN, 16TH CENTURY
with tapering blade formed with a medial ridge, swelling at the base to form a pair of short lugs, decorated with scrolls and a wreath on each side in pointillé, faceted socket,and a pair of short straps, on a wooden haft
87.5 cm; 34 1/2 in head
Provenance
GiuliaMorosini, sold American Art Association, New York, 10th-15th October 1932, lot 592 (part)
JWHA Inv. No. 1791
A number of hafted weapons decorated in this manner are associated with the arsenal of Henry VIII.See G. M. Wilson 1985, pp.15-20.
Sold for £900
**AN ITALIAN PARTISAN, 16TH CENTURY
with tapering blade formed with a medial ridge, swelling at the base to form a pair of short lugs, decorated with scrolls and a wreath on each side in pointillé, faceted socket,and a pair of short straps, on a wooden haft
87.5 cm; 34 1/2 in head
Provenance
GiuliaMorosini, sold American Art Association, New York, 10th-15th October 1932, lot 592 (part)
JWHA Inv. No. 1791
A number of hafted weapons decorated in this manner are associated with the arsenal of Henry VIII.See G. M. Wilson 1985, pp.15-20.
