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LOT 1837
Medieval Iron Dagger
1450-1550 A.D.
12 3/8 in. (132 grams, 31.5 cm).
Comprising a single-edged blade, rivets for a scale tang; remains of quillon.
Provenance
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
Literature
Cf. Michalak, A., Arma confinii, przemiany późnośredniowiecznej broni na rubieżach Śląska, Wielkopolski, Branderburgii i Łużyc (Arma confinii, transformations of late medieval weapons on the borders of Silesia, Wielkopolska, Brandenburg and Lusatia, in Polish), Zielona Gora, 2019, pl.54, nos.9 and 12, for a similar single-edge dagger.
Footnotes
This is a weapon rather than a domestic knife, and is depicted as a sidearm for soldiers and knights alike from various iconography. This type of dagger was in use from the 14th to mid 16th century, this example finds similarities with Hauswehrs used in Eastern Europe during the 15th-16th centuries A.D.
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LOT 1837
Medieval Iron Dagger
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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