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Lot 190
A Spanish Left-Hand DaggerLate 17th Century
27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,250 inc. premium
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A Spanish Left-Hand Dagger
Late 17th Century
Late 17th Century
With sharply tapering single-edged blade of triangular section deeply notched and bordered by a line of dots along the back beneath the broad ricasso, the latter recessed for the thumb on one side, pierced with a hole for sword-breaking, decoratively cusped along one edge and chiselled with foliage, one side involving a crowned double-headed eagle, hilt comprising triangular hand-guard with turned and notched edge, a guardapolvo on the inside pierced and chiselled with foliage inhabited by a further crowned double-headed eagle, straight quillons of circular section each with fluted button terminal, foliate engraved compressed bun-shaped pommel with button, and grip with twisted steel wire and crimped copper ribbon between vertically fluted iron collars (some light pitting)
47.6 cm. blade
47.6 cm. blade
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Provenance:
By repute formerly in the Pouilhac Collection








