"Walloon-hilt" broadsword
Date1650–1700
Mediumiron, steel, brass, copper and wood
Dimensions99.7 × 83.8 cm (39 1/4 × 33 in.), 2 lb (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.498
DescriptionGlobose pommel with necked pedestal and broad, squat button; tang has been repeened. Restored grip wrapped with copper wire. Hilt has one quillon at rear, pierced shell guards outside and inside, knuckleguard, outer guard, and inner half-guard, all with perfunctory balustering a bit above the midpoint. Knuckleguard and outer guard screw into the pommel. Thumbring arcs from inner guard to central sleeve.Double-edge blade of flattened lenticular section, flattening toward tip; shallow fuller.
ProvenanceGift to the Museum from Mrs. Horace L. Mayer (Williamstown, MA) on September 26, 1979. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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about 1650–1700