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Lot 196

A German Left-Hand Dagger
Late 16th/Early 17th Century

27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A German Left-Hand Dagger
Late 16th/Early 17th Century

With stiletto blade of tapering stiff diamond section, rectangular ricasso struck with a mark on one side, 'B' in a shield, iron hilt comprising flattened downbent quillons with rounded terminals, small side-ring, and compressed barrel-shaped pommel with button, decorated overall with panels of chiselled foliage against finely punched grounds involving a reclining figure on the side-ring, and on the pommel with a standing figure on one side and a mask on the other, and later grip bound with twisted steel wire (some light pitting)
21.8 cm. blade

Footnotes

For two daggers with similar chiselled decoration see Wallace Collection A785 and A808, and A.V.B. Norman, Wallace Collection Catalogues, European Arms And Armour Supplement, 1986, pp. 173, 176, pls. 231

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