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Historical Context

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Mill-rind-shaped marks occur as maker identifiers on medieval blades. The documented Metropolitan Museum example is specifically described as the personal mark of an unidentified armourer and should not be expanded into a broader symbolic interpretation.

Provenance: The Metropolitan Museum records a ca. 1450 sword bearing both the Passau running wolf and a separate mill-rind mark identified as the personal mark of an unknown armourer.

Research status: reviewed · reviewed 31/08/2026

Sources

1 reference

  1. Sword, Western European (possibly Italian), ca. 1450

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object 27458. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

    Supports: Identifies the separate mill-rind mark on the blade as the personal mark of an unknown armourer.

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Makers Marks

Mill-Rind Swordsmith Mark

Unidentified armourer’s mill-rind blade mark on a fifteenth-century sword.

Part ofPremodern European Merchants' and Makers' Marks

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Marking sword bladesAuthenticating workshop origin

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