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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.

Provenance

Acquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

Literature

Cf. Marquardt, K., Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks and Spoons: an Art Collection, Europe, 1997, pp.28-32, for type.

Footnotes

In 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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