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LOT 2018

Medieval Iron Knife with Bronze Pommel

15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

6 3/4 in. (35 grams, 17 cm).

Comprising a single cutting edge and scale tang; bifacial pommel engraved with a female figure to one face and an enigmatic design to the other.

Provenance

Acquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Published

Exhibited at the Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 19th June-9th September 2024; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefact on display.

Literature

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

Footnotes

There were four essential ways to carry the small knifes in late Middle Ages: a) with the scabbard tucked diagonally behind belt, without suspension loop; b) without scabbard, simply thrust through the purse of the belt; c) with the scabbard tied horizontally at waist with suspension holes in the widened handle flap; d) suspended vertically from thong looped over the belt, in the scabbard.

CONDITION

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LOT 2018

Medieval Iron Knife with Bronze Pommel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £247

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