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Lot Essay
Cf. a similar dagger dated 1628 in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (inv. no. X-267) described and illustrated in A.R. Dufty, European Swords and Daggers in the Tower of London, p. 35, plate 105a
Details
AN ENGLISH DAGGER
Circa 1620-30
With tapering saw-backed single-edged blade double-edged at the point and with ricasso, swelling flattened quillons with a small button on each tip and encrusted with silver tendrils bearing flower-heads and foliage within borders of silver-encrusted beadwork, and one-piece fluted dark horn handle (cracked) swelling at the pommel (worn overall with pitting and rust-patination)
12¾in. (32.4cm.)
Circa 1620-30
With tapering saw-backed single-edged blade double-edged at the point and with ricasso, swelling flattened quillons with a small button on each tip and encrusted with silver tendrils bearing flower-heads and foliage within borders of silver-encrusted beadwork, and one-piece fluted dark horn handle (cracked) swelling at the pommel (worn overall with pitting and rust-patination)
12¾in. (32.4cm.)
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