**AN ITALIAN STILETTO, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with tapering slender blade of triangular-section, turned ricasso, moulded iron hilt comprising a pair of straight quillons with moulded fluted button-shaped quillons, and integral grip rising to a pommel, all en suite with the quillons, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard (repaired), with iron locket and chape decorated with further moulded designs, the former with a small loop for suspension 16.5 cm; 6 1/2 in blade