ID 1033455
Lot 1146 | Landsknechtdolch mit getriebener eiserner Scheide, deutsch, um 1540/50
Estimate value
€ 8 500
Seltener deutscher Renaissance-Dolch in schöner Ausführung und guter Erhaltung.
A German Landknecht's dagger with iron scabbard, ca. 1540/50
Slender double-edged blade of diamond section, flattened central ridge and robust ricasso with two fullers. The quillons bent towards the blade, the exterior of the iron shell-guard decorated with a riveted ornamental mask and engravings. Distinctly conical, leather-covered grip with iron ferrules and grip straps of twisted wire. Heavily domed iron grip cap with chased floral décor, surrounded by a fine iron wire spiral. Associated sheet iron scabbard, on the obverse a chased portrayal of the goddess Fortuna surmounted by Adam and Eve. Robust ornamental bands of iron wire spirals. Chased globular terminal with fine baluster pommel. Inserted bodkin, probably unassociated, by-knife missing. The reverse with two angular clasps. Length 40 cm.
Rare, finely crafted German Renaissance dagger in good condition.
Condition: II -
| Auction house category: | Daggers, Knives and Cutlery |
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