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A real Italian folding spetum from the 16th century once owned by rotshield and later given to the art history museon in vienna.
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This extremely rare folding septum made in the 1550's was owned by the Rothschilds, a lineage back to the 16th century whose art was seized in the Nazi takeover of Austria in 1938. In 1945, the art was rescued by American troops and given to the Austrian government. The Rothschilds later recovered part of their collection, but only after giving this and other items to the Art History Museum in Vienna. In 1999 however, under international pressure to restore Holocaust victim's property, Austria returned the art to the family.
It is the finest surving septum, with its intricate mechanism of folding blades and mountings bearing delicate gold arabesques on a background darkened for a brilliant contrast. Similar decoration appears on fine MIlanese armors of the mid-sixteenth century, suggesting a possible origin and date. The weapon also retains its original wooden shaft with impressed and gilded motifs. Folding septums were imperial-quality weapons because of their expensive construction and elaborate decoration. Their original purpose remains unclear, but it is possible that they were carried by bodyguards or as splendid hunting weapons.
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Model by the Higginsatwam Project