Arms & Armour
Two-Handed Sword
Arms & Armour
Details
- Author / creator
- Spain, Toledo
- Object type
- Arms & armour
- Date or period
- 1550–1600
- Dimensions summary
- Overall: 168.3 cm; Blade: 126.4 cm; Quillions: 35.2 cm
- Place of origin
- Spain
- Acquisition method
- Bequest
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Mr and Mrs Harold Wren, 1916
- Category
- Edged weapon
- Armourer's / maker's marks
- TOLEDO and IVAN LVIS
About this object
The two-handed sword, originally a weapon of war for specialist infantry, is so named because two hands were required to wield it. By the late 1600s, these enormous swords assumed a largely ceremonial or bodyguard function.
Materials and technique
Steel, wood and leather grip; fluted pommel
Signature and marks
TOLEDO and IVAN LVIS
