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Lot 364

A Naval Officer's Dirk
By R. Banks, 49 Fore Street, Plymouth Dock, Circa 1800

28 July 2010, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Naval Officer's Dirk
By R. Banks, 49 Fore Street, Plymouth Dock, Circa 1800

With curved sharply pointed blade fullered along the back for most of its length on each side, and etched and gilt with a martial trophy between foliage against a blued ground over half its length on both sides (some wear and surface patination), gilt-brass hilt comprising recurved quillons with rounded foliated terminals (knuckle-chain missing), side-guard (minor damage) pierced with a fouled anchor in a circle, rounded pommel and back-piece in one and each cast and chased with foliage, and partly chequered rounded ebony grip (chipped), in original brown leather scabbard with linear engraved gilt-brass mounts, the locket signed in full on an oval on one side and with frog-button on the other, and two rings for suspension (some wear to gilding)
32.8 cm. blade

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