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17th February 2024, 11:20 PM
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Example from mid-1700s?
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21st February 2024, 12:00 PM
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A few more examples
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21st February 2024, 03:43 PM
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Maybe
The Green Man Blattemaske Der Guener Mensch The metal work (if genuinely old) would be no earlier than 17th century. Some early cast stuff |
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4th April 2024, 02:00 AM
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Thanks for weighing in, Hotspur
I guess the consensus is that this is nothing special. I knew it was a long shot, but thought I lucked out with this one. As always, thanks to those that provided feedback 
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20th June 2024, 07:19 PM
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Just stumbled across this one . Described as late seventeenth century Spanish. One of only three known examples . Do we believe this ?
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21st June 2024, 11:06 AM
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The give away is of course that it is for all practical purposes identical . Something that would be impossible achieved by hand forging and chiseling. It has to have been fabricated by casting, probably using the lost wax process. Having said that it is a quality thing not easy or cheap to produce. Seventeenth century it isn't so it has to be a nineteenth historical revival fantasy. Deserves to be appreciated in its own right as part of the history arms and armour collecting.
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22nd June 2024, 11:13 AM
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Different blades though, so maybe a modern made hilt on antique blades?
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