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cornelistromp · 27th April 2015, 08:25 PM

Nice sword !
about the authenticity, I will not say anything for the moment based on the posted photographs alone.

The sword can be authentic or not there are a lot of veracious "reproductions" made in the 19th and 20th centuries.
because the hilt has a thumb ring, the sword is made after 1577* probably at the end of the 16th century.

for other comparable examples, see for example Wallace A489 . a sword from 1530, and another later one auctioned at Thomas del mar???

best,
Jasper

* see drawing attached
Circle/School of Federico Zuccaro
1557-1609
A Swiss Halberdier, standing slightly to right, and a separate study of his left hand and of the halberdier
Red chalk, on two sheets conjoined.

this corresponds to the earliest known thumbring in Art.
the first illustration with this type of thumb ring known, published by A.V.B. Norman, is in the portrait of Melchior Hornlocher by Hans Bock I, dated 1577 (Basle oeffentliche Kunstsammlung, inv NR 80).

27th April 2015, 08:25 PM	#5
cornelistromp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,057	Nice sword ! about the authenticity, I will not say anything for the moment based on the posted photographs alone. The sword can be authentic or not there are a lot of veracious "reproductions" made in the 19th and 20th centuries. because the hilt has a thumb ring, the sword is made after 1577* probably at the end of the 16th century. for other comparable examples, see for example Wallace A489 . a sword from 1530, and another later one auctioned at Thomas del mar??? best, Jasper * see drawing attached Circle/School of Federico Zuccaro 1557-1609 A Swiss Halberdier, standing slightly to right, and a separate study of his left hand and of the halberdier Red chalk, on two sheets conjoined. this corresponds to the earliest known thumbring in Art. the first illustration with this type of thumb ring known, published by A.V.B. Norman, is in the portrait of Melchior Hornlocher by Hans Bock I, dated 1577 (Basle oeffentliche Kunstsammlung, inv NR 80). Attached Images Last edited by cornelistromp; 27th April 2015 at 08:39 PM.