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LOT 1841
Medieval Iron Knife with Bronze Pommel
CIRCA 1500 A.D.
7 3/8 in. (28 grams, 18.9 cm).
Narrow single-edged blade with applied scooped bolster, scale-tang hilt; pommel with incised starburst motif within a square frame to each face; punched maker's mark of a crowned 'A'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old English collection, 1980s.
LiteratureCf. Wheeler, M., London Museum Medieval Catalogue, reprinted Ipswich, 1993, pl.IX, item 4.
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