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A Composite Saxon Left-Hand Dagger
Late 16th Century

Antique Arms and Armour
27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Composite Saxon Left-Hand Dagger
Late 16th Century

With tapering double-edged blade of slightly hollowed diamond section flattened for the thumb on one side at the ricasso, iron hilt comprising short slightly downbent gourd-shaped quillons and side-ring, the latter slightly widening and incised with two lines at the centre, the back of the quillon-block cut with chequering, compressed pommel of hexagonal section with medial moulding and flat button finial, and fishskin-covered grip with slender longitudinal reinforcing strips retained by a deeply cusped ferrule above and below (some pitting)
27.2 cm. blade

Footnotes

For a similar dagger see Armes Anciennes Des Collections Suisse, exhibition catalogue, Musée Rath, Geneve, 26 May-27 August 1971, pp. 45 and 144, no. 189 (illustrated)

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.
THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.