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An Italian StilettoMid-17th Century
27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,875 inc. premium
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An Italian Stiletto
Mid-17th Century
Mid-17th Century
With sharply tapering blade of stiff diamond section cut with shallow ovals along each side and with ricasso of octagonal section, hilt comprising quillons with turned baluster terminals each emerging from a chiselled calyx, pommel en suite, and original leather-covered grip (wire-binding missing), in its original black leather scabbard (open along one side) with original iron locket en suite with the hilt and ring for suspension, and linear engraved chape with small spherical finial
21 cm. blade
21 cm. blade
Footnotes
For a dagger with a very similar hilt in the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich, see Heribert Seitz, Blankwaffen I, 1965, p. 374, pl. 280








