Battle Axe
1550–1599
- Medium
- steel, inset with copper rosette
- Dimensions
- Blade: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); Head: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- arms and armor
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Italy, late 16th Century
About
The axe has been a favorite weapon in Europe for as long as armor has been worn. Although it was useful as a simple tool for chopping, battle axes could become a way of expressing personal style. They could be decorated and embellished without impeding their function. Inset into this axe head is a copper rosette.