Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A WAIDBLÄTT, PARTLY 16TH CENTURY
with very thin flat blade formed with an obtuse point,
stamped with a copper-lined cutler’s mark, the letter ‘M’,
etched with foliage on one side at the forte, with the
Crowned English Royal arms on the other, retaining very
small traces of early gilding (worn), and later moulded ivory
grip with shaped pommel (small cracks), in a later scabbard
49.7cm; 19I in
£700-900
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A COMPOSITE DAGGER, CIRCA 1540, DUTCH OR
GERMAN
in excavated condition, with single-edged blade, iron hilt
with slightly up-turned quillons (a forward branch missing),
side-ring interrupted by a moulding, brass crown-shaped
pommel fitted with an acorn finial, and original wooden
grip; and another, circa 1540, with brass hilt including short
brass quillons and small down-turned shell
the first: 37cm; 14in (2)
Discovered during the dredging of a Dutch polder.
£50-80
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