Medieval Knife with Bronze Pommel and Veiled Figure

CIRCA 1500 A.D.

7 1/8 in. (22.7 grams, 18.2 cm long).

A scale tanged knife with iron blade and single cutting edge, wooden scales, bronze pommel incised with a veiled female figure to one face and a male figure to the other; remains of gilding to the neck of the handle.

Provenance

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

CONDITION

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