Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Unknown Spanish colonial or Mexican Basket Hilted sabre

Jim McDougall · Today, 04:13 PM

Thank you for coming in on this! You are probably the best informed on Spanish national and colonial weapons, so your insights are most important.
I had not thought of transliteration with that word cavisco, and your idea sounds logical as the context of the sentence- 'my sign is' would go to the 'head' (of the king) of course. It seems odd to spell it out rather than just use an interpretation of the mark.

The hilt seems of course 19th c. as you note, and the blade, again as you note similar to the French cuirassiers ANXI, but fullering not entirely the same.
I cannot figure out the 'solice' and ano 1720. Obviously EN ALEMANIA refers to Germany so that attribution in accord with that production.

The flaming bomb? seen on French weapons of course as noted, but I am not aware of such symbol on Spanish swords......have you?

Thank you again!
All the best
Jim

Today, 04:13 PM	#4
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,590	Thank you for coming in on this! You are probably the best informed on Spanish national and colonial weapons, so your insights are most important. I had not thought of transliteration with that word cavisco, and your idea sounds logical as the context of the sentence- 'my sign is' would go to the 'head' (of the king) of course. It seems odd to spell it out rather than just use an interpretation of the mark. The hilt seems of course 19th c. as you note, and the blade, again as you note similar to the French cuirassiers ANXI, but fullering not entirely the same. I cannot figure out the 'solice' and ano 1720. Obviously EN ALEMANIA refers to Germany so that attribution in accord with that production. The flaming bomb? seen on French weapons of course as noted, but I am not aware of such symbol on Spanish swords......have you? Thank you again! All the best Jim