2nd Dec, 2020 12:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
87
‡A GERMAN LEFT-HAND DAGGER, CIRCA 1600, WITH LATER DECORATION
‡A GERMAN LEFT-HAND DAGGER, CIRCA 1600, WITH LATER DECORATION with robust blade of hollow-diamond section cut with a series of very narrow deep fullers pierced with an arrangement of slots and circles and the ricasso flattened for the thumb on the inner face, steel hilt comprising a pair of straight quillons, small side-ring swelling towards the centre, faceted barrel-shaped pommel, decorated throughout with panels of silver-encrusted foliage on a hatched ground, and spirally-carved grip bound with plaited wire between 'Turk's Heads' 21.0 cm; 8 1/4 in blade Provenance George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.3429
Sold for £1,900
‡A GERMAN LEFT-HAND DAGGER, CIRCA 1600, WITH LATER DECORATION with robust blade of hollow-diamond section cut with a series of very narrow deep fullers pierced with an arrangement of slots and circles and the ricasso flattened for the thumb on the inner face, steel hilt comprising a pair of straight quillons, small side-ring swelling towards the centre, faceted barrel-shaped pommel, decorated throughout with panels of silver-encrusted foliage on a hatched ground, and spirally-carved grip bound with plaited wire between 'Turk's Heads' 21.0 cm; 8 1/4 in blade Provenance George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.3429
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 2nd Dec, 2020
