Lot 253
An Italian Partisan or bill, circa 1590
Auction: 23 October 2010 at 11:00 BST
£1,100
Description
the blade with long spike at the top of lozenge section with a sickle curved blade at the junction of the spike and the flat blade, the back edge with a short shaped flat bladed spike and with stamped decoration running the remaining length of the blade which terminates in two adjoining spikes, the haft joins the blade within a short square section strapped tube, the haft with large brass headed nails at the straps
Dimensions
245cm long