Fine Arms, Armour, Spanish Colonial & African
By Scollard Auctions
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Oct 29, 2024
Brea, California, United States
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Fine auction featuring a wide array of high end pieces including edged weapons, antique firearms, antique armour and armour parts from the Higgins Museum, some amazing Spanish Colonial examples including life size santos, antique Chinese, Persian and Islamic pottery, stone and metal work as well as a collection of authentic antique African pieces from a distinguished Beverly Hills collection.
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LOT 28:
Medieval Quillon Dagger with Ring-Pommel, 14th C.
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Sold for: $300
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300
Estimated price :
$600 - $1,200
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Medieval Quillon Dagger with Ring-Pommel, 14th C.
Very Scarce Medieval Quillon Dagger with Ring-Pommel, circa 1350-90 probably Italian or German. Double edge blade without any filler well preserved. Diamond cross-section. Light flare at the guard. Handle pierced with six punched holes. Well formed ring pommel. Very rare and quite early medieval dagger reminiscent of Viking blades designed to be hung from clothing. Size 15 1/2" L, blade 10" L For a Similar Example see the published book Daggers and Fighting Knives of the Western World: From the Stone Age till 1900" by Harold L. Peterson. The book references as image #24 "The Quillon Dagger with ring pommel" as late fourteenth century and housed at the time as in the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich, Switzerland.
Ex-Private USA Collection
Condition: Excavated condition without any filler or restoration, light oxidization from age, absent guard
