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LOT 1149

Medieval Iron Single-Edged Dagger

15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

12 3/8 in. (131 grams, 31.5 cm).

The blade with a tapering, triangular cross-section and tang with rivet holes; wedge-shaped domed pommel.

Provenance

Acquired 1960s-1990s.
From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

Literature

Cf. Michalak, A., Arma confinii, przemiany późnośredniowiecznej broni na rubieżach Śląska, Wielkopolski, Branderburgii i Łużyc (Arma confinii, transformations of late medieval weapons on the borders of Silesia, Wielkopolska, Brandenburg and Lusatia, in Polish), Zielona Gora, 2019, pl.54, nos.9 and 12, for a similar single-edge dagger.

Footnotes

This is a weapon rather than a domestic knife, and is depicted as a sidearm for soldiers and knights alike in various iconography. This type of dagger was in use from the 14th to mid 16th century, and this example finds similarities with Hauswehrs used in the Eastern Europe during the 15th-16th century A.D.

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LOT 1149

Medieval Iron Single-Edged Dagger

Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)

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