4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
126
A NORTH EUROPEAN BALLOCK DAGGER, CIRCA 1450-1500, PROBABLY FLEMISH
with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt formed of a thick moulded guard extending over the forte, the upper portion formed of two alternating layers of copper alloy with iron between, and wooden grip, probably the original, carved with two characteristic pronounced basal nodules, rising and swelling towards the top, and iron cap pommel retained by a small button on a large foliate washer (the iron parts with areas of pitting), 33.2 cm overall
Provenance
An Important English Private Collection
Sold for £1,700
with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt formed of a thick moulded guard extending over the forte, the upper portion formed of two alternating layers of copper alloy with iron between, and wooden grip, probably the original, carved with two characteristic pronounced basal nodules, rising and swelling towards the top, and iron cap pommel retained by a small button on a large foliate washer (the iron parts with areas of pitting), 33.2 cm overall
Provenance
An Important English Private Collection
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024, 4th Dec, 2024
Auction Location: London, UK
Including:
THE BILL TERRY COLLECTION, PART II: NON WESTERN ARCHERY
THE ROY ELVIS COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMS & ARMOUR, PART V
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES SOMERS COCKS, 3RD EARL SOMERS (1819-83), EASTNOR CASTLE, THENCE BY DESCENT
AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
THE ROBERT E. BROOKER JR. COLLECTION OF RARE ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR, PART ONE: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
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