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Sword

Anonymous (Italian) (?)

Anonymous (German) (?)

14th century (Medieval)

steel

40 1/4 in. (102.2 cm) (l.)

Description
This piece is undecorated. The crossguard is restored. The grip would have been padded.
Additional Information

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1917

51.497

Charles Street: Second Floor: Arms & Armor

Gothic

Italy (?)

Germany (?)

Thuringia, Germany


Provenance

Thuringia, Germany, 1895 [said to have been found in a river bed] [mode of deposition unknown]; Spiller, London, January 30, 1901, no. 128; Harding [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1917 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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