AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED.
EUROPEAN SILVER DECORATED DAGGERS FROM THIS PERIOD ARE EXTREMELY RARE.
TRULY MUSEUM-WORTHY EXAMPLE OF FINEST QUALITY.
EXCEPTIONAL ANTIQUE LEFT HAND / PARRYING DAGGER.
EUROPEAN, PROBABLY ITALIAN OR GERMAN, CIRCA LATE 16th - EARLY 17th CENTURY.
A parrying left-hand dagger, also known as a main-gauche (French for "left hand"), is a Renaissance-era defensive and offensive off-hand weapon. Used alongside a primary single-handed sword like a rapier, it features specialized guards—such as ring guards, sail guards, or broad crossguards—designed to trap, deflect, or bind an opponent's blade
STUNNING SILVER ENCRUSTED DECORATION ON BOTH SIDES OF HILT - METICULOUS ATTENTION TO SMALL DETAILS .
ORIGINAL STEEL AND SILVER WIRES WRAPPING ON GRIP.
STUNNING HAND FORGET COMPLEXED PIERCED BLADE.
ORIGINAL COPPER "TURK'S HEAD" ON GRIP.
( "Turk's head" on grip of an antique European dagger, refers to an ornamental knot woven from metal wire, such as brass, copper or iron, placed at the top and bottom ends of a wire-bound grip).
NO SHEATH.
SIZE:
DAGGER IS ABOUT 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm) LONG.
BLADE IS ABOUT 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm) LONG AND 13/16 in. (2 cm) WIDE AT RICASSO.
CONDITION:
OVERALL EXCELLENT ORIGINAL ANTIQUE CONDITION, SHOWS HONEST CHARMING INDICATION OF AGE.
SILVER ENCRUSTATION ON CROSS-GUARD IS ABOUT 99% INTACT ON BOTH SIDES.
SILVER IS WORN OFF FROM "HUMAN BUSTS" AT THE POMMEL, BUT STILL INTACT AT THE SIDES OF POMMEL.
ORIGINAL WIRE WRAPPING ON GRIP IS EXCELLENT.
BLADE IS EXCELLENT, SHOWS EXPECTED LIGHT WEAR AND HANDLING MARKS.
NO SHARPENING, NO DEEP PITTING, NO ACTIVE RUST.
NO PLAY BETWEEN HILT PARTS AND BLADE.
ABSOLUTELY NO RESTORATION.
EXCEPTIONAL ANTIQUE EXAMPLE - TRULY COLLECTORS GRADE, ABOUT 450 YEARS OLD EUROPEAN DAGGER.
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