art-of-swords: German two-hand Sword  Dated: circa 1530 Measurements: Blade 106 cm. Overall length 138.5 cm The sword comes with a broad double-edged blade cut with a series of narrow fullers both on each side and over the ricasso. The latter is also stamped with three small marks on both sides, iron hilt of Landsknecht type with moulded and bold spirally fluted S-shaped guard. It has a matching plummet-shaped pommel and moulded leather-covered grip. Source: © Hermann Historica
art-of-swords: German two-hand Sword  Dated: circa 1530 Measurements: Blade 106 cm. Overall length 138.5 cm The sword comes with a broad double-edged blade cut with a series of narrow fullers both on each side and over the ricasso. The latter is also stamped with three small marks on both sides, iron hilt of Landsknecht type with moulded and bold spirally fluted S-shaped guard. It has a matching plummet-shaped pommel and moulded leather-covered grip. Source: © Hermann Historica
art-of-swords: German two-hand Sword  Dated: circa 1530 Measurements: Blade 106 cm. Overall length 138.5 cm The sword comes with a broad double-edged blade cut with a series of narrow fullers both on each side and over the ricasso. The latter is also stamped with three small marks on both sides, iron hilt of Landsknecht type with moulded and bold spirally fluted S-shaped guard. It has a matching plummet-shaped pommel and moulded leather-covered grip. Source: © Hermann Historica
art-of-swords: German two-hand Sword  Dated: circa 1530 Measurements: Blade 106 cm. Overall length 138.5 cm The sword comes with a broad double-edged blade cut with a series of narrow fullers both on each side and over the ricasso. The latter is also stamped with three small marks on both sides, iron hilt of Landsknecht type with moulded and bold spirally fluted S-shaped guard. It has a matching plummet-shaped pommel and moulded leather-covered grip. Source: © Hermann Historica
art-of-swords: German two-hand Sword  Dated: circa 1530 Measurements: Blade 106 cm. Overall length 138.5 cm The sword comes with a broad double-edged blade cut with a series of narrow fullers both on each side and over the ricasso. The latter is also stamped with three small marks on both sides, iron hilt of Landsknecht type with moulded and bold spirally fluted S-shaped guard. It has a matching plummet-shaped pommel and moulded leather-covered grip. Source: © Hermann Historica

art-of-swords:

German two-hand Sword 

  • Dated: circa 1530
  • Measurements: Blade 106 cm. Overall length 138.5 cm

The sword comes with a broad double-edged blade cut with a series of narrow fullers both on each side and over the ricasso. The latter is also stamped with three small marks on both sides, iron hilt of Landsknecht type with moulded and bold spirally fluted S-shaped guard. It has a matching plummet-shaped pommel and moulded leather-covered grip.

Source: © Hermann Historica

art-of-swords: Chou Wang Ko Dagger-axe Dated: 771-221 B.C.E. Culture: Chinese Place of Origin: Eastern Chou, China Provenance: Tomb M1, Shan-piao-chen, Chi-hsien, Honan This dagger-axe has a short blade, and a broken “hu” (pendant attached to the handle). A section of wooden shaft remained in the ring socket. The characters “Dagger-axe used by Hsia, the King of Chou” were carved on the surface of the blade. Source: Copyright 2013 © Museum of the Intitute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
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art-of-swords:

Chou Wang Ko Dagger-axe

  • Dated: 771-221 B.C.E.
  • Culture: Chinese
  • Place of Origin: Eastern Chou, China
  • Provenance: Tomb M1, Shan-piao-chen, Chi-hsien, Honan

This dagger-axe has a short blade, and a broken “hu” (pendant attached to the handle). A section of wooden shaft remained in the ring socket. The characters “Dagger-axe used by Hsia, the King of Chou” were carved on the surface of the blade.

Source: Copyright 2013 © Museum of the Intitute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

art-of-swords: Smallsword with scabbard Atributted to Victoire Coullier Dated: circa 1780-85 Culture: Hilt - Paris (France); blade - Solingen (Germany) Medium: Steel, gold, velvet and leather, engraved, blued, gilded and chiselled Measurements: Length: 81.5 cm; Width: 2 cm; Weight: 0.365 kg, sword; Weight: 0.08 kg, scabbard There are two inscriptions on the blade, ‘COULLIER Successeur De Monsieur Pichon Fourbisseur De Msg. Le / Comte D’artois Rue St. Honoré à la Victoire à Paris’ and ‘À La Victoire Collier (sic) rue St. Hon’ - in punched dots. Source: © 2013 The Wallace Collection
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art-of-swords:

Smallsword with scabbard

  • Atributted to Victoire Coullier
  • Dated: circa 1780-85
  • Culture: Hilt - Paris (France); blade - Solingen (Germany)
  • Medium: Steel, gold, velvet and leather, engraved, blued, gilded and chiselled
  • Measurements: Length: 81.5 cm; Width: 2 cm; Weight: 0.365 kg, sword; Weight: 0.08 kg, scabbard

There are two inscriptions on the blade, ‘COULLIER Successeur De Monsieur Pichon Fourbisseur De Msg. Le / Comte D’artois Rue St. Honoré à la Victoire à Paris’ and ‘À La Victoire Collier (sic) rue St. Hon’ - in punched dots.

Source: © 2013 The Wallace Collection

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