Lot 1030 - A204 Decorative Arts - Thursday, 30. March 2023, 10.00 AM
BILL (RONCA)
Italy, middle of the 16th century.
Forged iron with etched decoration designed as tendrils and figures. Square spike transitioning into the narrow blade. Top with sickle-shaped hook. Center of the blade with flat spike. Parrying spikes on both sides on the bottom of the blade. Conical socket and two langets. The blade features a scorpion mark. Later wooden shaft.
L 262 cm.
Signs of corrosion. Crack to the base of the sickle-shaped hook. Langets shortened.
Polearm of the Milanese armory active in the 16th century with the scorpion mark, Cf. Le Armi degli Estensi, La collezione di Konopiste, 1986, pp. 99-100, Nos. 783, 761, 791. Boccia/ Coelho, Armi bianche Italiane, 1975, p. 380, Nos. 455-457.
Polearm of the Milanese armory active in the 16th century with the scorpion mark, Cf. Le Armi degli Estensi, La collezione di Konopiste, 1986, pp. 99-100, Nos. 783, 761, 791. Boccia/ Coelho, Armi bianche Italiane, 1975, p. 380, Nos. 455-457.
CHF 1 600 / 2 600 | (€ 1 650 / 2 680)
Sold for CHF 1 875 (including buyer’s premium)
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