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47- LEFT-HAND DAGGER. The blade is three sided, and each face is slightly hollowed. The pommel is
melon-shaped. The vertically counter-curved quillons end in a similar form. A ring is present on the
outside. The whole hilt is deeply etched with late-Renaissance ornament. On the blade beneath a Patri-
archal cross these inscriptions are etched - “Deus exercitium bellator fortissime esto meum”, and „In
hoc signo vinces“. On the inside of the blade are the figures of the Virgin and Child, the Mother, as Queen
of Heaven, standing on the crescent moon. Over her hovers a Seraph, and beneath in German and in Gothic
lettering is the whole of the Angelic Salutation. - From the Michelly Collection, Berlin.
German, 17th cantury. Length, 44 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 23.
48. BASKET-HILTED LEFT-HAND DAGGER. The blade is four sided, each face being slightly con-
cave. The grip is bound with iron wire. The pommel is oviform. The quillons are slender, gradually
swelling towards their drooping end. The basket-hilt is formed of three slender bars - a knuckle bar and
two S - shaped bars - and a ring fitted with a pierced plate. The entire hilt is notched with fine lines and
russetted. - This is a very rare form of left-hand dagger.
German, middle of the 17th century. Length, 66 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 42.
49. DAGGER, INTENDED FOR THE USE OF A WOMAN. The blade, etched and gilt, is in outline
similar to the usual Venetian knife. The grip is of ivory carved to represent Aphrodite with the apple
and a palm branch; her tresses end in a plait which reaches nearly to the ground. A bladesmith’s mark is
present. There is a similar dagger in the Louvre, Paris. - From the Thewalt Collection.
Italian, 17th century. Length, 25 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 19.
50. DAGGER (DAGUE A “OREILLES”). The tapering knife-shaped blade is four sided. The hilt is
formed of two plaques of black horn secured by brass rivets. - From the Zschille Collection.
Venetian, 15 th century. Length, 31 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 3.
51. DAGGER. The slight diamond sectioned thrusting blade has numerous flutes on either side. The upper
third is elaborately pierced to form an open lattice design. The grip is bound with iron and copper wire
to form a reticulated pattern. The six sided pommel is cylindrical and tapering. The hexagonal quillons
spring from a rectangular central block. Both pommel and quillons are decorated with lines inlaid in gold
and dotted lines of silver.
German, about 1600. Length, 43 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 15. Table 8.
52. SET OF HUNTING IMPLEMENTS. The set consists of the principal knife and five lesser implements,
all with hilts of iron, the grips being inlaid with a chequered design in bone. The heavy sheath is monted
in iron, embossed with a coat of arms, a bear hunt and a stag. The coat of arms is quartered, and has an
inescutcheon of the chequey arms of Saxony. Above this are the letters - C. H. Z. S. G. C. V. B. (Chri-
stian, Hertzog zu Sachsen Gülich, Cleve und Berg). These companion the hunting sword No. 78. -
German (Saxon), about 1600. Length of the principal knife 61 cm.
53. HEAVY GOTHIC SWORD. The very wide flat blade has two short flutes on either side. The construction
of the hilt resembles that of the Italian Cinquedea. The grip is built up of two plaques of black horn,
which were originally covered with red velvet, and over these plates of latten. These latter are pierced
with elaborate Gothic traceries, to which the velvet formed a background. The flat latten pommel has a
cabled horse-shoe shaped comb, and is decorated with five rosette-like piercings on either side. The
quillons are of latten, and end in scrolls. The bladesmith’s mark is a Latin P. - From the Collection of
Prince Karl of Prussia; originally from the Elgersburg in Thuringia (see Hiltl, No. 266). Lucas Cranach
apparently used this sword as a model for one which appears in a painting in the Wartburg.
Italian, about 1450. Length, 104 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 51. Table 10.
54. GOTHIC CIVIC SWORD. The light two-edged blade has a long ricasso, below which it is slightly
convex with shallow flutes. The ricasso is gilt and etched with branches, tendrils and leaves, and the date
1476. The pommel and grip are of facetted cristal, secured in position by a wreath-shaped and two conical
mounts of gilded brass or latten. The horizontally counter-curved quillons with spreading scrolled ends
are likewise of gilded latten. On the quillons against a dotted background is a scroll bearing the somewhat
mutilated inscription - “IVSTICIAM DELIGITS” and “LA FIN FAILTVT”. This beautiful weapon
was an heirloom in the family of Löffelholz von Kolberg of Augsburg. In 1875 it was given as a mark
of esteem to the architect Lorenz Gedon of Munich. Thence it passed into the collection of the elder
Gimbel in Baden-Baden, and later into the Zschille collection at Grossenhain.
German, dated 1476. Length 101 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 117. Table 10.
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melon-shaped. The vertically counter-curved quillons end in a similar form. A ring is present on the
outside. The whole hilt is deeply etched with late-Renaissance ornament. On the blade beneath a Patri-
archal cross these inscriptions are etched - “Deus exercitium bellator fortissime esto meum”, and „In
hoc signo vinces“. On the inside of the blade are the figures of the Virgin and Child, the Mother, as Queen
of Heaven, standing on the crescent moon. Over her hovers a Seraph, and beneath in German and in Gothic
lettering is the whole of the Angelic Salutation. - From the Michelly Collection, Berlin.
German, 17th cantury. Length, 44 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 23.
48. BASKET-HILTED LEFT-HAND DAGGER. The blade is four sided, each face being slightly con-
cave. The grip is bound with iron wire. The pommel is oviform. The quillons are slender, gradually
swelling towards their drooping end. The basket-hilt is formed of three slender bars - a knuckle bar and
two S - shaped bars - and a ring fitted with a pierced plate. The entire hilt is notched with fine lines and
russetted. - This is a very rare form of left-hand dagger.
German, middle of the 17th century. Length, 66 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 42.
49. DAGGER, INTENDED FOR THE USE OF A WOMAN. The blade, etched and gilt, is in outline
similar to the usual Venetian knife. The grip is of ivory carved to represent Aphrodite with the apple
and a palm branch; her tresses end in a plait which reaches nearly to the ground. A bladesmith’s mark is
present. There is a similar dagger in the Louvre, Paris. - From the Thewalt Collection.
Italian, 17th century. Length, 25 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 19.
50. DAGGER (DAGUE A “OREILLES”). The tapering knife-shaped blade is four sided. The hilt is
formed of two plaques of black horn secured by brass rivets. - From the Zschille Collection.
Venetian, 15 th century. Length, 31 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 3.
51. DAGGER. The slight diamond sectioned thrusting blade has numerous flutes on either side. The upper
third is elaborately pierced to form an open lattice design. The grip is bound with iron and copper wire
to form a reticulated pattern. The six sided pommel is cylindrical and tapering. The hexagonal quillons
spring from a rectangular central block. Both pommel and quillons are decorated with lines inlaid in gold
and dotted lines of silver.
German, about 1600. Length, 43 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 15. Table 8.
52. SET OF HUNTING IMPLEMENTS. The set consists of the principal knife and five lesser implements,
all with hilts of iron, the grips being inlaid with a chequered design in bone. The heavy sheath is monted
in iron, embossed with a coat of arms, a bear hunt and a stag. The coat of arms is quartered, and has an
inescutcheon of the chequey arms of Saxony. Above this are the letters - C. H. Z. S. G. C. V. B. (Chri-
stian, Hertzog zu Sachsen Gülich, Cleve und Berg). These companion the hunting sword No. 78. -
German (Saxon), about 1600. Length of the principal knife 61 cm.
53. HEAVY GOTHIC SWORD. The very wide flat blade has two short flutes on either side. The construction
of the hilt resembles that of the Italian Cinquedea. The grip is built up of two plaques of black horn,
which were originally covered with red velvet, and over these plates of latten. These latter are pierced
with elaborate Gothic traceries, to which the velvet formed a background. The flat latten pommel has a
cabled horse-shoe shaped comb, and is decorated with five rosette-like piercings on either side. The
quillons are of latten, and end in scrolls. The bladesmith’s mark is a Latin P. - From the Collection of
Prince Karl of Prussia; originally from the Elgersburg in Thuringia (see Hiltl, No. 266). Lucas Cranach
apparently used this sword as a model for one which appears in a painting in the Wartburg.
Italian, about 1450. Length, 104 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 51. Table 10.
54. GOTHIC CIVIC SWORD. The light two-edged blade has a long ricasso, below which it is slightly
convex with shallow flutes. The ricasso is gilt and etched with branches, tendrils and leaves, and the date
1476. The pommel and grip are of facetted cristal, secured in position by a wreath-shaped and two conical
mounts of gilded brass or latten. The horizontally counter-curved quillons with spreading scrolled ends
are likewise of gilded latten. On the quillons against a dotted background is a scroll bearing the somewhat
mutilated inscription - “IVSTICIAM DELIGITS” and “LA FIN FAILTVT”. This beautiful weapon
was an heirloom in the family of Löffelholz von Kolberg of Augsburg. In 1875 it was given as a mark
of esteem to the architect Lorenz Gedon of Munich. Thence it passed into the collection of the elder
Gimbel in Baden-Baden, and later into the Zschille collection at Grossenhain.
German, dated 1476. Length 101 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 117. Table 10.
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