26th Jun, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
135
‡ A RARE DAGGER, POSSIBLY 14TH/15TH CENTURY
in excavated condition, with tapering double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt comprising straight cross-piece of rectangular section, slender tang, and large ring pommel, 34.0 cm
Provenance
Excavated in Turkey, circa 1960
Howard M. Curtis (inv. no. 496)
A closely related example is preserved in the Historisches Museum, Bern. See Wegeli, 1929, p. 276, no. 1040. Two further examples are illustrated Peterson 1968, nos. 23 and 24.
in excavated condition, with tapering double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt comprising straight cross-piece of rectangular section, slender tang, and large ring pommel, 34.0 cm
Provenance
Excavated in Turkey, circa 1960
Howard M. Curtis (inv. no. 496)
A closely related example is preserved in the Historisches Museum, Bern. See Wegeli, 1929, p. 276, no. 1040. Two further examples are illustrated Peterson 1968, nos. 23 and 24.
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 26th Jun, 2024
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Public Exhibition
Sunday 23rd June: 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Monday 24th June: 10:00am to 7.00pm
Tuesday 25th June: 10.00am to 5.00pm
AUCTION DAY: 26TH JUNE 2024, AT 11:00am
