Head of a Glaive
Cultureperhaps
Swiss
Datelate 1500s–early 1600s
Mediumsteel
Dimensions65 cm (25 9/16 in.), 1 lb (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
MarkingsObverse face at triangular point has group of 3 circular recesses within each of which is 6-armed cross. Centered between these is indistinct maker's mark within arched recess. See digital file.
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.256.1
DescriptionHead has separated from staff. Iron. Tall single edge flat blade with blunt point & flat back that rises into triangular point near base of blade which prolongs downward in short "beard". At back of blade is long rectangular section tang. Lower half of the outside face is lightly decorated with pointillé tracery, now very faint. Oval section wooden staff, probably modern, tapering slightly to flat butt.ProvenanceDean collection. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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Michel Witz the Younger
about 1530