Kendall House Antiques Ltd. has dated this piece to the 1800s.
Complete with its original long heavy wooden shaft and iron shoe.
Head length 67cm.
Total length approximately 271 cm.
The long wooden shaft with a steel spear point was intended for use in protecting the regimental colours (King's Colour and Regimental Colour) from being attacked and captured. The spontoon was a cross between a pike and a halberd, and was in common use from the mid-17th to early 19th century. As muskets replaced pikes of earlier centuries, the spontoon became a symbol of authority and discipline.
Kendall House Antiques Ltd. has dated this piece to the 1800s.
Kendall house antiques a traditional shop in the north cotswold’s market town of chipping campden.
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A British Sergeant’s Regulation Spontoon
