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LOT 1759
Medieval Iron Knife with Bronze Pommel
CIRCA 1500 A.D.
8 in. (49 grams, 20.2 cm).
Comprising a single cutting edge, scale tang and bifacial pommel with incised motifs.
ProvenanceAcquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
Cf. Marquardt, K., Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks and Spoons: an Art Collection, Europe, 1997, pp.28-32, for type.
FootnotesIn the medieval knives, the tang could be attached to the tang in two ways depending on the the form of the tang. Whittle-tang knives have a tapered tang which is inserted into or through the handle. Scale-tang knives have wider and flatter tangs onto which the plates comprising the handle are attached with metal rivets.
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LOT 1759
Medieval Iron Knife with Bronze Pommel
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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