Hi JM,
nice sword with single edged blade?
from about 1585 to about 1620 knuckle guards of some types of hilts ends in a disc of greater diameter than the breadth of the quard, like the sword you posted.
The hilt is a good example of norman type 13(probably 1515 onwards)
the first illustration of this type named by Norman in The Rapier and Small-sword is a drawing known as "Aneli mit dem prunkschwert" by Urs Graf dated 1518.
However, the pommel of this sword, Norman pommel type 30, points to a later date namely , pommel type 30 came in the first quarter of the seventeenth century.
it is therefore likely that the sword is also out of the first quarter of the 17thc.
best,
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