28th Jun, 2023 12:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
259
‡ AN ITALIAN BILL (RONCONE), LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY
with short terminal spike (slightly bent), curved leading edge curling sharply at the top, stout rear spike, a pair of basal lugs, tapering faceted socket fitted with a sweated-on copper alloy collar, on a later wooden haft, 86.0 cm head
Provenance
Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent
Another roncone with two copper alloy collars and struck with a sickle mark associated with the Tuscan town of Lucca, is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. No. 14.25.37). For another of this form see Trosso, 1988, p. 264, no. 12.
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Sold for £800
with short terminal spike (slightly bent), curved leading edge curling sharply at the top, stout rear spike, a pair of basal lugs, tapering faceted socket fitted with a sweated-on copper alloy collar, on a later wooden haft, 86.0 cm head
Provenance
Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent
Another roncone with two copper alloy collars and struck with a sickle mark associated with the Tuscan town of Lucca, is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. No. 14.25.37). For another of this form see Trosso, 1988, p. 264, no. 12.
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 28th Jun, 2023
