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EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Details
An Italian left-hand dagger
Early 17th Century
With tapering double-edged blade of hollow diamond section with flattened section for the thumb on one face, and struck with a mark on the other, iron hilt comprising double arched 'crab-claw' quillons and oval side-ring decorated with notching, tapering faceted pommel similarly decorated at the sides, and writhen wooden grip retaining two Turk's heads (binding missing)
19 3/8in. (49.2cm.)
Early 17th Century
With tapering double-edged blade of hollow diamond section with flattened section for the thumb on one face, and struck with a mark on the other, iron hilt comprising double arched 'crab-claw' quillons and oval side-ring decorated with notching, tapering faceted pommel similarly decorated at the sides, and writhen wooden grip retaining two Turk's heads (binding missing)
19 3/8in. (49.2cm.)
Provenance
Baron C.A. de Cosson