Lot Essay
A similar sword was in the collection of Baron C.A. de Cosson, Sotheby and Co., London, 14 May 1929, lot 95, and another was sold at Christie's, London, 20 November 1996, lot 70
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CIRCA 1500
Details
A Rare German Boar-Sword
Circa 1500
With blade of rectangular section hollowed on the front and back, struck with the mark of Wolfgang Stantler of Passau and Munich, pierced for a cross-bar, and with spatulate tip of flattened diamond section, iron quillons of circular section with incised swelling tips, fig-shaped pommel, and oval wooden grip (split) swelling at the centre, bound with cord and covered with its original leather
42 1/8in. (107.4cm.) blade
Circa 1500
With blade of rectangular section hollowed on the front and back, struck with the mark of Wolfgang Stantler of Passau and Munich, pierced for a cross-bar, and with spatulate tip of flattened diamond section, iron quillons of circular section with incised swelling tips, fig-shaped pommel, and oval wooden grip (split) swelling at the centre, bound with cord and covered with its original leather
42 1/8in. (107.4cm.) blade
Provenance
Sir Edward Barry, Bt., Ockwells Manor, Bray
Sidney H. Barnett, Ockwells Manor and Claverdon Hall, Warwickshire, Sotheby and Co., 5 July 1965, lot 54 (£280 to Lee)
Sidney H. Barnett, Ockwells Manor and Claverdon Hall, Warwickshire, Sotheby and Co., 5 July 1965, lot 54 (£280 to Lee)
Exhibited
The Royal Armouries, H.M. Tower of London, 1972-1997
Special notice
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