brief notes on a 16th century sword

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Originally Posted by corrado26

Brief correction:
"this sword was among the lots ,straight out of the armoury of the Karlsruhe Castle" is not correct.
The whole collection and the sword came from the castle of Baden-Baden. At the time when this sword was made, the house of Baden-Baden was strictly separated from the house of Baden-Durlach (later capital Karlsruhe).
As I am living nearby I used the opportunity to be present at all 22 days of this huge auction .
corrado26

thanks, that must have been a very intersting experience, to join such an auction.
The following is indicated by Sotheby's in the catalogue nr 1 together with a Picture of the Karlsruher Castle!
The furniture and decorative objects depicted on the following pages are an integral part of the Baden and Kurpfalzian royal residential culture of 250 years.
so indeed not very clear where it comes from in great detail.
In any case, the sword is older than the above Castle, the Karlsruhe palace but may of course have been there for a period of time, who can tell.
nevertheles straight out of the armoury of the Baden-Baden Castle is fine.

Neues Schloss Baden-Baden, where the Sotheby's auction took place was the residence of christopher I from 1479 onwards.
In 1515 the margrave was divided into three parts, Christopher I handed over the country to his three sons.

with some (big) imagination the sword could have been owned by somebody near one of the three sons, perhaps near Bernhard III, regent for the left-Rhine possessions of the Markgrave from 1515-1535.
He was also founder of the house of Baden-Baden, thereby became the Separation of Baden-Durlach and Baden-Baden a fact in the year 1533.

best,
jasper