"Hand-and-a-Half" Sword

Dateabout 1570

Mediumsteel, wood, cord, brass

Dimensions33 × 119.4 cm (13 × 47 in.), 3 lb, 12 oz (weight)

ClassificationsArms and Armor

MarkingsBoth sides at ricasso: AF and punched millrind (one only partial) Obverse: Running Wolf near end of fullers, very worn. See digital file for detail of mark.

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

Terms

Object number2014.313

DescriptionGlobose pommel with necked button and pedestal; tang is peened over a brass washer. Carved wooden grip wrapped in cord and covered in thin leather (?). Grip associated. Robust, plain guard assemblage of circular cross-section stock, with S-curve quillons ending in swollen, pointed terminals. Two side-rings on outside, counterguard with thumb-ring on inside. Old blade, probably associated, with triple fullers.
ProvenanceCollection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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