THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A SAXON LEFT-HAND DAGGER with broad tapering blade of flattened diamond section, ricasso with broad flute on each side, blued iron hilt with strongly arched flat quillons with spatulate 'fish-tail' ends with central flutes, large side-ring filled with a pierced plate, octagonal pommel, and wooden grip bound with fine steel wire, retaining much or its original blued finish, circa 1610
细节
A SAXON LEFT-HAND DAGGER with broad tapering blade of flattened diamond section, ricasso with broad flute on each side, blued iron hilt with strongly arched flat quillons with spatulate 'fish-tail' ends with central flutes, large side-ring filled with a pierced plate, octagonal pommel, and wooden grip bound with fine steel wire, retaining much or its original blued finish, circa 1610
18¼in.
18¼in.
来源
The Saxon Electoral Armoury, Dresden
Probably one of the daggers of this type included in the sale of pieces from the armoury held by Rudolph Lepke of Berlin, 8 October, 1919
Probably one of the daggers of this type included in the sale of pieces from the armoury held by Rudolph Lepke of Berlin, 8 October, 1919