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LOT 2025
Bronze Medallion Group
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
2 - 3 in. (211 grams total, 52-74 mm).
Comprising: with raised rim, profile portrait of von Cheron by Gianlorenzo Bernini; with band of pellets to border, legend '. DVX . LVDOVICVS . XII . DEI . G . FRAN . REX . MEDIOLANI -- ' and reverse ' SEMPER . AVGVSTVS . VICTOR . TRIVMPHATOR .'; ellipsoid with high-relief bust and legend 'GABRIEL SCHEVRL ÆTAT 67' and 'VIVAT POST FVNERA VIRTVS'. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAustrian private collection for at least 90 years.
Ex central London gallery.
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The term 'ballock dagger' was used in medieval times to describe a dagger with a grip bearing a considerable resemblance to a phallic symbol. It was also called 'kidney dagger' during the Victorian times. The constant characteristic is the presence of two roundish and symmetrical bulbs at the guard, with the grip itself emerging upward between them and flaring slightly towards the top, sometimes being surmounted by a cap.
