Thomas Del Mar - Armour Sale

160A RARE DAGGER, 14TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SWISSin excavated condition, with tapering blade double-edgedover its upper three quarters, stamped with a mark, theletter 'O' twice conjoined, on one side, rectangular singleedgedricasso (expertly repaired), the tang retaining ashoulder on one side, with flattened pointed globularterminal and pierced with nine holes for retaining a grip40.5cm; 16inAn almost identical dagger is preserved in theLandesmuseum Zurich. See H.Schneider, 1980 p. 206 n.376 .£600-800161A COMPOSITE DAGGER, CIRCA 1540, DUTCH ORGERMANin excavated condition, with single-edged blade, iron hiltwith slightly up-turned quillons (a forward branch missing),side-ring interrupted by a moulding, brass crown-shapedpommel fitted with an acorn finial, and original woodengrip; and ANOTHER, CIRCA 1540, with brass hilt includingshort brass quillons and small down-turned shellthe first: 37cm; 14in(2)Discovered during the dredging of a Dutch polder.£100-15016063