with slender blade of diamond-section (the point blunt), rectangular ricasso struck with a mark (perhaps ‘M’ crowned) on each face, iron hilt of flattened rounded bars, comprising a pair of slightly drooping quillons engraved with scrolls around the terminals, small ring-guard and barrel-shaped pommel decorated en suite, and the grip with an early binding of plaited wire between ‘Turk’s heads’, 35.5 cm overall
A left-hand dagger of related form, with a very similar blade and perhaps struck with the same mark is illustrated in Schneider and Stüber, 1980, pp.252, no. 502.
Sold for £750
with slender blade of diamond-section (the point blunt), rectangular ricasso struck with a mark (perhaps ‘M’ crowned) on each face, iron hilt of flattened rounded bars, comprising a pair of slightly drooping quillons engraved with scrolls around the terminals, small ring-guard and barrel-shaped pommel decorated en suite, and the grip with an early binding of plaited wire between ‘Turk’s heads’, 35.5 cm overall
A left-hand dagger of related form, with a very similar blade and perhaps struck with the same mark is illustrated in Schneider and Stüber, 1980, pp.252, no. 502.
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 26th Jun, 2024
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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