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LOT 1291
Medieval Knife with Bronze Pommel and Veiled Figure
CIRCA 1500 A.D.
8 1/4 in. (37.4 grams, 21 cm long).
A scale tanged knife with iron blade and single cutting edge, wooden scales, bronze pommel seemingly decorated with an incised veiled female figure to one face and a Mendicant beggar holding staff and pouch to the other.
Provenance
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
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LOT 1291
Medieval Knife with Bronze Pommel and Veiled Figure
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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