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A Composite Left-Hand DaggerPartly 17th Century
27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,187.50 inc. premium
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A Composite Left-Hand Dagger
Partly 17th Century
Partly 17th Century
With tapering double-edged blade (probably adapted from a rapier blade) of triangular section cut with a waved medial ridge along one side between etched running foliage, and along the other with etched running foliage between narrow fullers, the forte etched with bladesmith's bishop's profile bust mark between initials 'PM' of Peter Münch of Solingen, iron hilt comprising horizontally curved reeded quillons of circular section with foliate button terminals, fluted side-ring with central fluted feature, compressed globular pommel chiselled with a male portrait bust within a wreath on one side and a female portrait bust within a wreath on the other, button finial, and grip bound with twisted steel wire between Turk's heads (some light pitting)
31.6 cm. blade
31.6 cm. blade
Footnotes
For the bladesmith and his marks see Albert Weyersberg, Solinger Schwertschmiede Des 16. Und 17. Jahrhunderts Und Ihre Erzeugnisse ..., 1926, pp. 32-34








