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LOT 2094
Medieval Iron Knife with Bronze Pommel
CIRCA 15TH-16TH CENTURY AD.
7 1/2 in. (29.59 grams, 19 cm).
Narrow single-edged blade with integral bolster, flared scale-tang hilt with integral finial; punched 'crown' maker's mark to one face; brass finial with female bust to one face, capital 'S' to the other.
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire gentleman's collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Marquardt, K., Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks and Spoons: an Art Collection, Europe, 1997, pp.28-32, for similar.
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