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LOT 1824
Medieval Iron Knife with Wooden Handle
CIRCA 1500 A.D.
8 1/2 in. (49 grams, 21.8 cm).
Narrow single-edged blade with integral bolster, flared scale-tang hilt with integral finial; feint punched maker's mark 'ΛΛ' to one face.
ProvenanceFrom an old English collection, 1980s.
LiteratureCf. Marquardt, K., Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks and Spoons: an Art Collection, Europe, 1997, pp.28-32, for similar profile.
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