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Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
11 1/2 in. (123 grams, 29.3 cm).
Comprising a slender cutting edge and a long tang. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Cowgill, J. et al., Knives and Scabbards. Medieval Finds from Excavations in London, London, 1987, no.76, for a similar knife; 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.
FOOTNOTES:
From the documentary evidence, the dagger was not a weapon in widespread use. In some sources, daggers are called handsets, presumably originating from the Anglo-Saxon scramasaxes, implying that they were a single-bladed knife rather than a dual-bladed dagger. It is unclear whether such daggers were primarily intended for military or civilian functions; although they may have been used in both, their primary uses were likely to be civilian.
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