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Lot 180

A Scottish Dirk
18th Century

27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£1,000 - £1,500

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A Scottish Dirk
18th Century

With tapering blade (some old pitting and rust patination) double-edged towards the point and fullered along the back on each side, the forte on one side stamped with bladesmith's name 'Falconer Dunkeld', shouldered swelling wooden grip (some old worming) carved with Celtic interlace, brass basal mount engraved with a martial trophy on one side centred on a Union shield, and flat brass pommel-cap engraved with thistle leaves centred on the bud-shaped tang button, in original leather scabbard (worn and damaged, chape missing) tooled with repeated designs of flower-heads and concentric circles, engraved brass mounts involving a vacant shield-shaped escutcheon and a thistle, and with by-knife (fork missing) en suite with the dirk
35.5 cm. blade

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This cutler appears to be unrecorded

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