A Rare North Italian Short Sword of Cinquedea Form.
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33” overall, 27” broad thin double edged blade with a single central shallow fuller with engraved line border. The hilt of typical cinquedea style with iron down curved quillons & incised line decoration riveted through the blade with a single thin langet, hexagonal fig shaped pommel with hexagonal tang button, grip of two wooden scales bound with iron wire.
North Italian circa 1500.
A very rare sword in good condition for its age, grip wire partially missing.
See ‘The Sword in the age of Chivalry’ by E. Oakshott, Plate 42c for similar blade and ‘Royal Armouries Nos. IX .150’ and ‘IX.149’.