Lot Essay
For an account of French blades of this type see Claude Blair, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Arms, Armour, and Base-Metalwork, pp. 175-178
THE BLADE FRENCH, SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY
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A COMPOSITE ALL-STEEL DAGGER
The blade French, second half of the 16th Century
Fitted with a fine straight leaf-shaped blade constricted at the base and with rectangular ricasso and a back-edge for most of its length, the ricasso, the back and half the length of the blade etched with conventional scrollwork on a hatched ground, on the front of the ricasso the etched sacred monogram 'IHS', the later iron hilt in German mid-16th century style with a raised moulding at the centre of the grip
12¾in. (32.4cm.)
The blade French, second half of the 16th Century
Fitted with a fine straight leaf-shaped blade constricted at the base and with rectangular ricasso and a back-edge for most of its length, the ricasso, the back and half the length of the blade etched with conventional scrollwork on a hatched ground, on the front of the ricasso the etched sacred monogram 'IHS', the later iron hilt in German mid-16th century style with a raised moulding at the centre of the grip
12¾in. (32.4cm.)
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