30th Jun, 2021 12:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
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‡A RARE FRENCH HALBERD FOR AN OFFICER OF THE NAVARRE REGIMENT, 17TH CENTURY
‡A RARE FRENCH HALBERD FOR AN OFFICER OF THE NAVARRE REGIMENT, 17TH CENTURY
with spear-shaped terminal blade formed with a medial ridge, the front- and rear-blades each finely pierced with the arms of France and Navarre, small axe-blade at the front and a delicate down-curved lug at the rear, tapering socket interrupted with a moulding (areas of pitting), and fitted with later up-turned spike, on an early wooden haft
41.3 cm; 16 ¼ in head
Another halberd of this type, of slightly heavier construction, is preserved in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris (inv. no. 83 PO).
Provenance
Arbour Antiques, July 2000
Sold for £1,200
‡A RARE FRENCH HALBERD FOR AN OFFICER OF THE NAVARRE REGIMENT, 17TH CENTURY
with spear-shaped terminal blade formed with a medial ridge, the front- and rear-blades each finely pierced with the arms of France and Navarre, small axe-blade at the front and a delicate down-curved lug at the rear, tapering socket interrupted with a moulding (areas of pitting), and fitted with later up-turned spike, on an early wooden haft
41.3 cm; 16 ¼ in head
Another halberd of this type, of slightly heavier construction, is preserved in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris (inv. no. 83 PO).
Provenance
Arbour Antiques, July 2000
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 30th Jun, 2021
