Medieval Bone-Handled Knife
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Circa 12th century AD. A medieval quillon dagger comprising a single-edged iron blade with narrowing tip, a cast bronze crossguard with sculpted lower edge, bone handle with incised guilloche pattern on both faces, and D-section cap. See Wheeler, R.E.M. London Museum Medieval Catalogue 1940 p.38ff. 59 grams, 185 mm. The form of the blade and manner of fixing the hilt is a continuation of the Anglo-Saxon tang-spike method used on seax blades; only the quillons (crossguard) suggests a post-Saxon date for the knife.
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Very fine condition, complete.
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