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Lot 101*
A Rare German Or Swiss Gothic Dagger Of Highly Unusual FormEarly 15th Century
22 April 2009, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £456 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Rare German Or Swiss Gothic Dagger Of Highly Unusual Form
Early 15th Century
Early 15th Century
In excavated condition, with stout tapering double-edged blade of triangular section hollowed at the front and flat at the back, short downcurved faceted quillons flattened at the back and each tapering to a point, the quillon-block extending to cover the lower part of the later wooden grip, also flattened at the back, and with globular copper-alloy pommel flattened on each side
7.1 cm. blade
7.1 cm. blade
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Provenance:
Dr. John Waldman Collection
Hermann Historica, Munich, 16 October, 2002, lot 1363








