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Lot 204

A North German 'Landsknecht' Dagger
Late 16th Century

27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A North German 'Landsknecht' Dagger
Late 16th Century

With tapering double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section becoming flattened diamond towards the point, fullered rectangular ricasso, iron hilt comprising flat side-guard enclosed by a pair of side bars each of flattened circular section with flat trefoil-shaped terminal, large domed pommel of hexagonal section between a basal mount and cap en suite, the latter with button finial, and swelling grip of ovoidal section, in original wood-lined iron scabbard seamed along the back and with three raised mouldings down the front, turned baluster finial, locket-plate pierced with two apertures for the by-knife and fork, each of iron and with slightly flared handle cross-hatched along both sides, and with two fixed rings for suspension (some rust patination and copper brazing overall)
25.4 cm. blade

Footnotes

Related examples are in the Wallace Collection. See Sir James Mann, Wallace Collection Catalogues, European Arms and Armour, vol. II, 1962, pp. 284 and 384, A753 and A754, pl. 139

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