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LOT 1751
Medieval Bronze Hound's Head Knife Pommel
15TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (8.43 grams, 17 mm).
Formed as a stylised hound's head with impressed points for the eyes, hatched texture. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near York, Yorkshire, UK, in the 1980s.
From an old Yorkshire, UK, collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD.
