A SPANISH LEFT-HAND DAGGER, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with
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A SPANISH LEFT-HAND DAGGER, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
with tapering blade struck with the abbreviated sacred inscription 'IHS' within a long central fuller on each face, iron hilt comprising a pair of vertically recurved quillons with pierced terminals, chiselled rectangular quillon-block, up-turned pointed guard chiselled with a spray of acanthus on the outer face and pierced around the border, associated fluted pommel chiselled with foliage, and later spirally grooved grip bound with wire between 'Turk's heads' (areas of pitting)
30.5 cm; 12 in blade
with tapering blade struck with the abbreviated sacred inscription 'IHS' within a long central fuller on each face, iron hilt comprising a pair of vertically recurved quillons with pierced terminals, chiselled rectangular quillon-block, up-turned pointed guard chiselled with a spray of acanthus on the outer face and pierced around the border, associated fluted pommel chiselled with foliage, and later spirally grooved grip bound with wire between 'Turk's heads' (areas of pitting)
30.5 cm; 12 in blade
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A SPANISH LEFT-HAND DAGGER, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with
Estimate £700 - £900
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