Medieval Iron Knife with Bronze Pommel

15TH CENTURY A.D.

6 1/8 in. (26 grams, 15.5 cm).

Forge-welded single-edged blade with scooped tip and separate gilded baluster; wooden scales to both sides of the tang held in place with two studs on each side; trapezoidal pommel with incised segments and radiating hatching. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

CONDITION

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LOT 1936