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A FINE & RARE GERMAN (SAXON) EXPANDING LEFT-HAND DAGGER LATE 16TH CENTURY With blade of flattened
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A FINE & RARE GERMAN (SAXON) EXPANDING LEFT-HAND DAGGER
LATE 16TH CENTURY
With blade of flattened hexagonal section fitted with sprung side-prongs released by a catch on the inside face of the ricasso, iron hilt retaining some original blued finish including strongly arched quillons each with a bud-shaped finial seating a side-prong, swelled side-ring with pierced plate, wire-bound grip with Turk's heads, and blued octagonal pommel
10 5/8in.(27cm.) blade
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LATE 16TH CENTURY
With blade of flattened hexagonal section fitted with sprung side-prongs released by a catch on the inside face of the ricasso, iron hilt retaining some original blued finish including strongly arched quillons each with a bud-shaped finial seating a side-prong, swelled side-ring with pierced plate, wire-bound grip with Turk's heads, and blued octagonal pommel
10 5/8in.(27cm.) blade
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A FINE & RARE GERMAN (SAXON) EXPANDING LEFT-HAND DAGGER
LATE 16TH CENTURY
With blade of flattened hexagonal section fitted with sprung side-prongs released by a catch on the inside face of the ricasso, iron hilt retaining some original blued finish including strongly arched quillons each with a bud-shaped finial seating a side-prong, swelled side-ring with pierced plate, wire-bound grip with Turk's heads, and blued octagonal pommel
10 5/8in.(27cm.) blade
View on Christie's.com
LATE 16TH CENTURY
With blade of flattened hexagonal section fitted with sprung side-prongs released by a catch on the inside face of the ricasso, iron hilt retaining some original blued finish including strongly arched quillons each with a bud-shaped finial seating a side-prong, swelled side-ring with pierced plate, wire-bound grip with Turk's heads, and blued octagonal pommel
10 5/8in.(27cm.) blade
View on Christie's.com
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