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LOT 1330
Medieval Iron Knife with Bronze Pommel
CIRCA 1500 A.D.
7 3/8 in. (23 grams, 18.7 cm).
Comprising a single cutting edge and scale tang, bifacial pommel incised with a female figure possibly holding an arrow to one face and what is apparently a mythical beast or other animal to the other.
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.29-31, for similar.
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LOT 1330
Medieval Iron Knife with Bronze Pommel
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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