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Lot 90*
A Saxon Left-Hand DaggerLate 16th Century
29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,800 inc. premium
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Late 16th Century
Late 16th Century
With robust tapering double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section changing to diamond section at the slightly reduced point and with a central fuller over most of its length on each side extending from the fluted ricasso, hilt of blackened iron comprising short slightly downbent gourd-shaped quillons and small side-ring, compressed fig-shaped pommel of polygonal section capped with a silver plate finely etched overall with a design of blackened foliage, small button finial en suite, flattened swelling wooden grip covered in fishskin retained by a turned and cusped ferrule above and below, and retaining much of its original blackened finish
25.1 cm. blade
25.1 cm. blade
Footnotes
Provenance:
The Saxon Electoral Armouries, Dresden
See footnote to lot 88








