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THE BLADE 17TH CENTURY, THE HILT 19TH CENTURY
Details
A COMPOSITE ITALIAN QUILLON DAGGER
The blade 17th Century, the hilt 19th Century
With rapier blade pierced with slots and circles within the three fullers (pitted), the hilt cast in relief with caryatids and battle scenes, with quillons cast in the round as fauns entwined with serpents and inscribed with the spurious date 1529, the pommel en suite, and with fluted rock-crystal grip.
17¾in (45.1cm)
The blade 17
With rapier blade pierced with slots and circles within the three fullers (pitted), the hilt cast in relief with caryatids and battle scenes, with quillons cast in the round as fauns entwined with serpents and inscribed with the spurious date 1529, the pommel en suite, and with fluted rock-crystal grip.
17¾
Provenance
Sotheby's & Co., June 20, 1929, lot 28
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium