A FINE MID-17th CENTURY SPANISH MAIN-GAUCHE/LEFT-HAND DAGGER, ca. 1650

Description: A VERY GOOD QUALITY MID-17th CENTURY SPANISH MAIN-GAUCHE/LEFT-HAND DAGGER, ca. 1650: Of likely Toledo (Spain) manufacture and in overall very good+ condition with a fine quality single-edge, reinforced (sharp) blade with a well-defined "spine" with an integral, deep blood-groove/fuller and an "Armor-piercing double-edge point. Classic "Spanish" Main Gauche Shell-form knuckle-guard with a thread-engraved border and nicely hand-forged contours. Retains its original hardwood (walnut?) grip with generally smooth, lightly oxidized, untouched, wooden surfaces with scattered light abrasions, signs of use and expected wear from handling. Maker-marked, 15 3/4", sharp & tapered, single edged, pointed blade of 17th Century Spanish design. Marked with a deeply struck (Spanish type) Star/Cross-form marker's punch-mark and retains smooth, steel surfaces with light age-patination, sharp cutting edges and very good point: minor "Sword-Nicks" and abrasions. 17th Century Spanish-Type, Main-Gauche (Left Hand Dagger) Hilt with a decoratively sculpted, Shell-type Knuckle-guard of mid-17th Century Spanish design. Long straight quillons with slightly flared cylindrical finials, en suite. A finely turned "ball-type" pommel-cap with a fine tang-peen and matching steel-gray surfaces, en suite with the blade. In overall Very Good condition with lightly patinated and discolored, smooth steel surfaces. A very nice example of a Mid-17th Century Spanish (Toledo) Left Hand (Main Gauche) Dagger, ca. 1650. Overall length, 20 1/2”. The type of early Spanish Dagger often carried/used (For Fencing) with a Rapier Sword".www.ambroseantiques.com

Price: 2775 USD

Location: Monroe, Connecticut

End Time: 2024-10-27T15:31:54.000Z

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