Medieval Iron Single-Edged Dagger

15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

11 1/2 in. (123 grams, 29.3 cm).

Comprising a slender cutting edge and a long tang.

Provenance

Acquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

Literature

Cf. Colcough, S., Image and Reality in Medieval Weaponry and Warfare: Wales c.1100-c.1450, Bangor University, 2015, no.554C, fig.7.14, for a similar single-edged blade, belonging to a quillon dagger.

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