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Lot 158*
A Saxon Left-Hand DaggerCirca 1610
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,500 inc. premium
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Circa 1610
Circa 1610
With sharply tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section with central fuller over each side of the forte, steel hilt comprising strongly arched flat quillons widening to spatulate 'fish-tail' ends each with central flute, large side-ring widening at the middle and filled with a plate pierced with linked circles, compressed pommel of octagonal section with button finial, and wooden grip bound with fine twisted steel wire (minor break) between Turk's heads (some pitting overall)
33.5 cm. blade
33.5 cm. blade
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Provenance
The Saxon Electoral Armouries, Dresden
The Estate of John M. Kauffmann, Maine, U.S.A.
Possibly one of the daggers of this type offered in the sale Parzellane und Waffen aus der Kgl. Sächsischen Sammlungen in Dresden held by Rudolph Lepke, Berlin, between 7-8 October, 1919








