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4th May 2020, 07:38 AM
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A LARGE IRON VOUGE STAFF-WEAPON HEAD
Description made by Christies in 2012
A LARGE IRON VOUGE STAFF-WEAPON HEAD ALMOST CERTAINLY 15TH CENTURY With heavy curved blade (tips reprofiled) struck on one face with a series of marks and on the other face with one corresponding mark, with two forge-welded sockets, the cutting-edge probably originally forge-welded steel (heavy discolouration and corrosion marking throughout) 18½in. (47cm.) long |
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4th May 2020, 07:49 AM
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Exhibit in the Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Avenue, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Exhibit in the Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Avenue, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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4th May 2020, 08:33 AM
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This is indeed a coupe-marc / couteau à marc / couteau de pressoir, most likely from the XIXth century (XVIIIth being possible too). The shape is characteristic, and is one of the most widely used for this kind of tool.
Although some tools were indeed used as polearms, or evolved into them, this is way too heavy to be used effectively as a weapon. Similar examples coming from museums in Normandie (a well known cider producing region of France): https://collections.musees-normandie...b-8568daf8c665 https://collections.musees-normandie...b-8568daf8c665 https://collections.musees-normandie...b-8568daf8c665 |
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