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LOT 1851
Medieval Iron Knife with Bronze Figural Pommel
CIRCA 1500 A.D.
4 3/4 in, (11.2 grams, 12.1 cm).
Narrow single-edged blade with integral bolster, scale-tang hilt; pommel with low-relief image of crowned Mary to each face.
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Marquardt, K., Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks and Spoons: an Art Collection, Europe, 1997, pp.28-32, for similar.
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