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LOT 0341
Medieval Iron Knife with Inscribed Silver Fittings
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
9 1/8 in. (88 grams, 23.3 cm).
Comprising a hand-forged triangular iron single-edged blade with stamped 'V' and 'II' marks; silver balusters to each end of the grip, crenellated inner edges, reserved niello text bands '+BAUTHIOR+OR' above and '+MALCI+IAN[.]PAR' naming the three Magi (Balthazar, Melchior and Caspar); the end with recessed silver plate depicting a female bust in three-quarters view within a scalloped frame; wooden handle replaced. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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