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CIRCA 1500, PROBABLY ITALIAN
Details
A Dagger
Circa 1500, probably Italian
In excavated condition, with tapering blade of flattened diamond section retaining traces of a bladesmith's mark, engraved horizontally recurved bronze quillons with integral side-ring, and bronze pommel cast in relief with a sexfoil pattern
13¾in. (34.9cm.)
Circa 1500, probably Italian
In excavated condition, with tapering blade of flattened diamond section retaining traces of a bladesmith's mark, engraved horizontally recurved bronze quillons with integral side-ring, and bronze pommel cast in relief with a sexfoil pattern
13¾in. (34.9cm.)
Provenance
Sir G.F. Laking
Said to have been found in the Thames
Said to have been found in the Thames
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