Vigil

Terrific Sniffers

Storta

Dated: partly early 17th century

Culture: Italian

Measurements: overall length 77.7 cm; blade length 62.7 cm

The sword has a broad straight blade with a clipped point. The ricasso is cut out for the index finger, struck twice with a mark on the inner face and the mark repeated on the backedge. The iron hilt is chiselled in low relief and heightened with a punched and engraved detail. The sword also features a pair of straight quillons, the terminals formed as stylised monstrous birds’ heads. There’s robust chiselled oval ring-guard between, while the innerguard is formed as a diagonal bar joined at the front to the head of a small curved arm and looped rearwards to join the root of the rear quillon. The chiselled pommel is decorated en suite with the quillon terminals and fitted with a scrolling iron tongue.  

Artist Todo Ramon creates unique works of art by embedding everybody objects with layers of glass.