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Lot 66

A Scottish Silver-Mounted Dirk
Mid-Late 18th Century

23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Scottish Silver-Mounted Dirk
Mid-Late 18th Century

With broad tapering blade fullered over nearly its entire length on each side, the back notched and fullered over half its length to the double-edged point, shouldered rootwood grip carved with an S-shaped scroll on each side and with swelling tapering grip carved with a design of Celtic interlace (pommel slightly damaged), basal mount and side-straps engraved with wriggle-work, circular pommel-cap engraved en suite including a star on the top, and retained by a silver tang nut, in original black leather scabbard (some crazing) with silver mounts en suite, the by-knife and fork en suite with the dirk, the former stamped 'AC' on the blade
34 cm. blade

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Provenance
The Mark and Peter Dineley Collections

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