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19TH CENTURY
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A GERMAN LANDSKNECHT DAGGER, IN 16TH CENTURY STYLE
19th Century
With tapering blade of triangular section struck with a mark at the forte on one side, iron hilt with short moulded knopped quillons, small side-ring, flat circular cap pommel engraved with a rosette, and wire-bound conical grip; in original iron sheath formed of two halves, applied with two groups of strongly moulded bands, leather belt-strap on a pair of loops at the rear, and with engraved by-knife and bodkin with bronze handles.
14 1/8in (36.2cm)
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With tapering blade of triangular section struck with a mark at the forte on one side, iron hilt with short moulded knopped quillons, small side-ring, flat circular cap pommel engraved with a rosette, and wire-bound conical grip; in original iron sheath formed of two halves, applied with two groups of strongly moulded bands, leather belt-strap on a pair of loops at the rear, and with engraved by-knife and bodkin with bronze handles.
14 1/8in (36.2cm)
Provenance
Hal Furmage, London, 1929
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium