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Medieval Knight's Silver-Gilt Heraldic Knife Handle Medieval Knight's Silver-Gilt Heraldic Knife Handle Medieval Knight's Silver-Gilt Heraldic Knife Handle
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LOT 1792

Medieval Knight's Silver-Gilt Heraldic Knife Handle

15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

1 5/8 in. (8.52 grams, 40 mm).

Of triangular cross-section expanding towards the pyramidal end, each side with a different decoration: two sides with different chevron motifs, one side with diagonal bands on hatched background. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector.
From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000.
Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 1792

Medieval Knight's Silver-Gilt Heraldic Knife Handle

Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

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