A SPANISH LEFT-HAND DAGGER with tapering single-edged blade double-edged towards the point, the back of the forte cusped and notched, the broad ricasso with thumb-recess, pierced with two holes for sword breaking and struck on each face with a mark, a cross in a shield, the hilt comprising triangular hand-guard with boldly turned edges, slender quillons each with turned button finial, compressed button pommel, and later steel wire-bound wooden grip, late 17th Century