10-27-201610-27-2016
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
October 27, 2016 10:00 AMCalender
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Flail

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$1,722$1,400
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2946MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: October 27, 2016 10:00AM

Description:

Flail, Europe, c. 1650, iron-spiked wooden ball connected to a spiked hardwood handle by a chain, overall lg. 46 1/4 in.

Provenance: Collection of George Snook, M.D.

Literature: Illustrated in George Snook, M.D., The Halberd and Other European Polearms 1300-1650 (Museum Restoration Service, Historical Arms Series No. 38; Bloomfield, Ont., 1998),figure 35, p. 20.
Estimate $800-1,000

Minor wood loss to ball, missing one spike.


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Keywords

George Snook, Bloomfield