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LOT 1533
Post Medieval Iron Dagger with Bronze Hilt
17TH CENTURY A.D.
16 5/8 in. (276 grams, 42.2 cm).
Comprising a triangular two-edged blade with median chamfer, ricasso at the rear, quillons formed as two vertical rings on short arms, wooden grip with most of the hatched mounting ring, rectangular pommel with raised panel to each face. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Previously acquired at a UK auction in the 1990s.
Acquired from an Oxfordshire antiques centre.
Property of a Berkshire, UK, collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Footnotes
Swords and daggers with a square pommel became fashionable in the early 16th century, a Central European fashion. The edges of the present weapon do not ever appear to have been sharpened, so this may have been a parade-piece.
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