Sold for:
$1,200
$1,200
Italian Arming Sword, c. 1600, with slender tapering double-edged blade cut with two narrow full-length fullers, marked on both sides, iron hilt with forward-swept arched quillons, thumb guard, and rounded pommel with clamshell design, lg. 42 1/2 in., (some damage on ring wire-bound grip). Provenance: Collection of Allan Klein, Sotheby's New York, January 10. 1990.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-08-23