Wonderful Material on Swords and Daggers in the Wallace Collection!

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http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=22863,

comprising tons of good photos on two pages!


Thanks a lot, Julien M, great job!
I wish there was somebody who would do the same amount of work on topics such as crossbows, early firearms and accouterments!!!


I will photoshop the material, try to identify the pieces and post the whole stuff here by and by, so hang on and do check back!


Let's set off with the medieval swords A 456 and A 457.



Best,
Michael

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More.

On the second item, A 479, a fine Landsknecht broadsword, the blade probably Italian, ca. 1500, the hilt South German, ca. 1525, please note the zoomorphic stylized animal's head of magic apotropaic function, punched and chiseled on the quillons (bottom image)!

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And more.

Top: two close-ups (sadly no further photos) of a fine mid-16th c. sword in its scabbard (A 528).

One single close-up of an estoc, A 699, ca. 1530.

Close-ups of A 536.

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First a composite sword in Italian style, comprising parts from one-and-a-half centuries.

Then a Dusägge, A 715, ca. 1580.

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More of the Dusägge A 715; see also post # 11 below!

Next a broadsword, ca. 1590-1600, with original blackened hilt and antenna shaped pommel.

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A close-up of the blade of the antenna broadsword.

And three other rapiers.

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A rapier with iron-carved hilt, and another with silver-encrusted hilt.

A Dusägge, ca. 1590, with rare single-edged, wavy 'flame' or sawtoothed blade.

And two sword breakers, late 16th c., and a mid-16th c. crossbow, Italian or Spanish.


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Daggers, from top:

- a Landsknecht's dagger, A 754, the punched, dotted decorative ornaments characteristic of various kinds oif ironworks of ca. 1530-50, including door locks, wheellocks etc., retaining its iron-covered sheath;

- a ballock dagger, A 732, probably 1st half 16th c., with characterisctically figured boxwood grip and triangular thrusting blade, retaining its figured leather sheath including a prick and a further tool;


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More details of A 732, including material from the Wallace's site showing the latten-inlaid smith's mark on the blade, probably a Gothic minuscule i.


Next:


- another ballock dagger, A 734, the ivory hilt of unusual form with three (?) Gothic/Renissance male heads carved in high-relief, the fullered blade staged and sectioned; the sheath with compartments for the accompanying tools: a knife and a fork with two tines.


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Some more close-ups of A 732, including the gilt mounts of the sheath.

Next a rondel dagger, A 726, early 16th c (three attachments).


Following material copied from the Wallace's site:

- an ear dagger, A 737, Southern Europe, mid-16th c.


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The Dusägge A 715 - see posts # 4 and 5 - revisited.

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Views of the exhibition displays.

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