A forged Solingen execution sword - image-1
A forged Solingen execution sword - image-2
A forged Solingen execution sword - image-3
A forged Solingen execution sword - image-1A forged Solingen execution sword - image-2A forged Solingen execution sword - image-3

Lot 788 Dα

A forged Solingen execution sword

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 5.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 6.875 € (incl. premium)

A forged Solingen execution sword

Flat broad blade with a rounded point and shallow fullers on both sides, two C-shaped quillons, a replaced wooden grip, conical pommel. Engraved house mark and "IOHANNES WVNDES", verso "ME FECIT SALINGEN". Forge mark (cock's head?). L 104, blade W 6 cm.
2nd half17th C.

Literature

Cf. Haedeke, Blankwaffen, Solingen-Köln-Bonn 1982, p. 88 ff.
Cf. the sword by Johannes Wundes from 1662 with the same marks in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (acc.no. 09.210.2).