A POLISH OBUCH with slender iron head comprising bulbous hammer and slightly recurved beak-like fluke of square section, entirely decorated with gold-damascened scrolling foliage, on original wooden haft covered with green velvet (velvet worn, head detached) and sheathed at each end with an octagonal iron mount decorated en suite with the head, an iron strip between (iron parts with some pitting overall), probaly 17th Century

细节
A POLISH OBUCH with slender iron head comprising bulbous hammer and slightly recurved beak-like fluke of square section, entirely decorated with gold-damascened scrolling foliage, on original wooden haft covered with green velvet (velvet worn, head detached) and sheathed at each end with an octagonal iron mount decorated en suite with the head, an iron strip between (iron parts with some pitting overall), probaly 17th Century
24in.

拍品专文

For a discussion on Polish war hammers, see M. Paszkiewicz, 'Polish War Hammers, Czekan, Nadziak, Obuch', J.A.A.S.', Vol. VIII, No. 3, pp. 225-227, pls. LXXXI-LXXXII