A SMALL DAGGER with leaf-shaped double-edged blade, dimpled bone grip, and brass mounts including scrolled quillons; a folding travelling fork with natural staghorn grip-scales; two socket bayonets in excavated condition; a knife with bone handle; a Georgian midshipman's dirk with fullered double-edged blade, the hilt with gilt brass mounts and octagonal ivory grip; and two other items, 18th/19th Century | Christie's

Lot 603

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A SMALL DAGGER with leaf-shaped double-edged blade, dimpled bone grip, and brass mounts including scrolled quillons; a folding travelling fork with natural staghorn grip-scales; two socket bayonets in excavated condition; a knife with bone handle; a Georgian midshipman's dirk with fullered double-edged blade, the hilt with gilt brass mounts and octagonal ivory grip; and two other items, 18th/19th Century

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A SMALL DAGGER with leaf-shaped double-edged blade, dimpled bone grip, and brass mounts including scrolled quillons; a folding travelling fork with natural staghorn grip-scales; two socket bayonets in excavated condition; a knife with bone handle; a Georgian midshipman's dirk with fullered double-edged blade, the hilt with gilt brass mounts and octagonal ivory grip; and two other items, 18th/19th Century
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Lot Essay

THE FIRST ITEM WITH OLD LABEL INSCRIBED 'DAGGER FOUND IN THE CASTLE OF ....... FORFARSHIRE, AT ONE TIME THE RESIDENCE OF THE ADMIRABLE CHRICHTON'

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