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LOT 1046
Medieval Bronze Dagger Quillon with Scallop Shell
CIRCA 13TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (41 grams, 52 mm).
With four-lobed finials, slot to the body, short arm with D-shaped scallop guard. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.
Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman.
Cf. similar find recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme under reference LEIC-F0FBD6 / 1012774.
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Richard Johnston took over the sword- and belt-making business from John Bland, who died in 1791, and his surviving partner, Robert Foster, who died in 1798. After Bland's death, Foster and Johnston moved their premises from 70 St. James's Street to number 68 in the same street, and continued the business until Foster's death in 1798, after which Johnston took on another shop, then displaying the address as '38 & 68 St. James's Street'. The cartouche gives the address as '68 St. James's Street', which shows that the sword was produced, finished and sold in 1798.
