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27th May 2015, 02:42 AM
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Looks like a glaive socket, European, maybe 16th, 17th century. Parade/guard/processional glaive, rather than a battlefield weapon. Looks like it might have had langets.
Some complete examples, with similar sockets and "guard" at socket/blade junction: http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.1536 http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.1532 http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/...e/search/25093 http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/...e/search/21953 http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/...e/search/25016 http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/...e/search/26794 (but most of these have short "wings" at the base of the blade) |
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