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LOT 1939
Medieval Iron Knife with Bronze Pommel
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/4 in. (14.3 grams, 13.3 cm).
Single-edged blade with bolster, scale-tang handle with wooden scales in situ, bronze pommel with hatched design of female head facing right and wearing a hennin.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This type of knife was imported in large numbers from Flanders, but also made in London by immigrant Flemish craftsmen.
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