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is a single ring. The pommel and quillons are decorated with gold tendrils, and silver flowers and dots,
bordered with silver lines.
Italian, about 1600. Length, 43 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 20.
39a. LEFT-HAND DAGGER. The blade is two-edged and strong with side facets. The grip is curved
and bound with silver wire. The pommel is flattened cork-shaped with the broader surface towards the
top. The quillons with ring have the left-hand terminations counter curved. In the pommel, ring and both
ends of the quillons there are silver-gilt plaquettes inlaid representing in high relief Cupid, Venus, Her-
cules and Hermes. On the ricasso is the Toledo mark.
German, about 1600. Length, 41 cm.
40. LEFT-HAND DAGGER WITH SHEATH AND IMPLEMENTS. The strong sharply pointed blade
is of diamond section with four deep pierced channels. The grip is of circular section bound with silver
wire. The flattened facetted oviform pommel has a deep central horizontal channel. The leather sheath
has long silver mounts, and is furnished with a subsidiary sheath. The usual implements, a knife and an
awl, are fortunately preserved and have silver hilts. All the silver work is enriched with fine late-Renais-
sance ornament, partly punched and partly engraved. On the locket are two goldsmith’s marks. The chape
is engraved with an angel, whose arms are crossed on his breast; the locket bears a chevronny coat of arms
surmounted by a ducal coronet and the letters L. A. D. (Louis Alphonse Duplessis, Duc de Richelieu?).
Italian, about 1600. Length, 41 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 21. Table 6.
41. HEAVY LEFT-HAND DAGGER. The powerful diamond-sectioned thrusting blade is trebly fluted
on either side and has a short ricasso. The hilt is of blued iron delicately inlaid in silver with scrolls, lions’
heads, etc. A bladesmith’s mark is laid in gold, while the reverse of the blade is stamped with a fleur de
lys three times repeated.
Italian, about 1650. Length, 47 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 16.
42. LEFT-HAND DAGGER (“Main-Gauche”). For the greater part of its length the blade is single edged;
it has a double-edged point, and a large ricasso. Both the blade and ricasso are engraved and pierced;
one piercing takes the form of the ° of Toledo. The wooden grip is fluted; the pommel is of flattened
pear-shape. The long, slim quillons are cabled and end in flattened buttons. The wide triangular guard
is artistically embossed with grotesques. - From the Brandt Collection in St. Petersburg.
Spanish, about 1680. Length, 58 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 40. Table 9.
43. LEFT-HAND DAGGER. (“MAIN-GAUCHE”.) The narrow blade is two-edged for the greater part
of its length; it has a long ricasso with notched edges and kidney-shaped piercings. The wire binding of
the grip is wanting. The pommel is of flattening pearshape. The broad triangular guard springs from the
long cabled quillons and like them ends in a small flowering rosette. The ricasso is engraved with tendrils.
The centre of the triangular guard is occupied by a pierced pannel in the middle of which is a soldier’s
head. - From the Vargas Collection, Madrid.
Spanish, about 1680. Length, 56 cm. Dreger Cat. N0.38. Table 9.
44. LEFT-HAND DAGGER (“MAIN-GAUCHE”). Similar to No. 43. In this example the binding of the
grip is present, and the roped margin of the guard is rather deeper. In the centre of the guard there is a
medallion bearing the head of a laurel-crowned Caesar.
Spanish, about 1680. Length, 57 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 39. Table 9.
45. LEFT-HAND DAGGER (“MAIN-GAUCHE”). The narrow blade is double edged, with a central
flute, and a very broad ricasso. The grip is bound with iron wire. The pommel is a flattened sphere. The
wide triangular guard is pierced and chased with the figures of St. George and the Dragon. On both sides
of the blade the name and mark of “Heinrich Brach” is stamped.
Of Spanish form, but of Solingen make about 1700. Length, 58 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 41.
46. GUNNER’S STILETTO. The blade is slim, pointed and three sided; the grip is bound with iron wire.
The pommel is melon-shaped with ten facets. The baluster-shaped quillons end in similar but smaller
and eight- facetted buttons. From the centre of the guard droops a shell pierced with tendrils and a sea-
monster. Stamped on the blade is a measure for the calibers of the Venetian artillery, a feature which
afforded the gunners of these troops a pretext to carry these weapons in the city, a practice which, according
to Angelucci, was forbidden under pain of death. - From the Collection of the Frh. von Lipperheide,
Berlin.
Venetian, end of the 17th century. Length, 63 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 37.
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bordered with silver lines.
Italian, about 1600. Length, 43 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 20.
39a. LEFT-HAND DAGGER. The blade is two-edged and strong with side facets. The grip is curved
and bound with silver wire. The pommel is flattened cork-shaped with the broader surface towards the
top. The quillons with ring have the left-hand terminations counter curved. In the pommel, ring and both
ends of the quillons there are silver-gilt plaquettes inlaid representing in high relief Cupid, Venus, Her-
cules and Hermes. On the ricasso is the Toledo mark.
German, about 1600. Length, 41 cm.
40. LEFT-HAND DAGGER WITH SHEATH AND IMPLEMENTS. The strong sharply pointed blade
is of diamond section with four deep pierced channels. The grip is of circular section bound with silver
wire. The flattened facetted oviform pommel has a deep central horizontal channel. The leather sheath
has long silver mounts, and is furnished with a subsidiary sheath. The usual implements, a knife and an
awl, are fortunately preserved and have silver hilts. All the silver work is enriched with fine late-Renais-
sance ornament, partly punched and partly engraved. On the locket are two goldsmith’s marks. The chape
is engraved with an angel, whose arms are crossed on his breast; the locket bears a chevronny coat of arms
surmounted by a ducal coronet and the letters L. A. D. (Louis Alphonse Duplessis, Duc de Richelieu?).
Italian, about 1600. Length, 41 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 21. Table 6.
41. HEAVY LEFT-HAND DAGGER. The powerful diamond-sectioned thrusting blade is trebly fluted
on either side and has a short ricasso. The hilt is of blued iron delicately inlaid in silver with scrolls, lions’
heads, etc. A bladesmith’s mark is laid in gold, while the reverse of the blade is stamped with a fleur de
lys three times repeated.
Italian, about 1650. Length, 47 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 16.
42. LEFT-HAND DAGGER (“Main-Gauche”). For the greater part of its length the blade is single edged;
it has a double-edged point, and a large ricasso. Both the blade and ricasso are engraved and pierced;
one piercing takes the form of the ° of Toledo. The wooden grip is fluted; the pommel is of flattened
pear-shape. The long, slim quillons are cabled and end in flattened buttons. The wide triangular guard
is artistically embossed with grotesques. - From the Brandt Collection in St. Petersburg.
Spanish, about 1680. Length, 58 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 40. Table 9.
43. LEFT-HAND DAGGER. (“MAIN-GAUCHE”.) The narrow blade is two-edged for the greater part
of its length; it has a long ricasso with notched edges and kidney-shaped piercings. The wire binding of
the grip is wanting. The pommel is of flattening pearshape. The broad triangular guard springs from the
long cabled quillons and like them ends in a small flowering rosette. The ricasso is engraved with tendrils.
The centre of the triangular guard is occupied by a pierced pannel in the middle of which is a soldier’s
head. - From the Vargas Collection, Madrid.
Spanish, about 1680. Length, 56 cm. Dreger Cat. N0.38. Table 9.
44. LEFT-HAND DAGGER (“MAIN-GAUCHE”). Similar to No. 43. In this example the binding of the
grip is present, and the roped margin of the guard is rather deeper. In the centre of the guard there is a
medallion bearing the head of a laurel-crowned Caesar.
Spanish, about 1680. Length, 57 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 39. Table 9.
45. LEFT-HAND DAGGER (“MAIN-GAUCHE”). The narrow blade is double edged, with a central
flute, and a very broad ricasso. The grip is bound with iron wire. The pommel is a flattened sphere. The
wide triangular guard is pierced and chased with the figures of St. George and the Dragon. On both sides
of the blade the name and mark of “Heinrich Brach” is stamped.
Of Spanish form, but of Solingen make about 1700. Length, 58 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 41.
46. GUNNER’S STILETTO. The blade is slim, pointed and three sided; the grip is bound with iron wire.
The pommel is melon-shaped with ten facets. The baluster-shaped quillons end in similar but smaller
and eight- facetted buttons. From the centre of the guard droops a shell pierced with tendrils and a sea-
monster. Stamped on the blade is a measure for the calibers of the Venetian artillery, a feature which
afforded the gunners of these troops a pretext to carry these weapons in the city, a practice which, according
to Angelucci, was forbidden under pain of death. - From the Collection of the Frh. von Lipperheide,
Berlin.
Venetian, end of the 17th century. Length, 63 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 37.
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