Wonderful Material on Swords and Daggers in the Wallace Collection!

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A rapier with iron-carved hilt, and another with silver-encrusted hilt.

A Dusägge, ca. 1590, with rare single-edged, wavy 'flame' or sawtoothed blade.

And two sword breakers, late 16th c., and a mid-16th c. crossbow, Italian or Spanish.


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Daggers, from top:

- a Landsknecht's dagger, A 754, the punched, dotted decorative ornaments characteristic of various kinds oif ironworks of ca. 1530-50, including door locks, wheellocks etc., retaining its iron-covered sheath;

- a ballock dagger, A 732, probably 1st half 16th c., with characterisctically figured boxwood grip and triangular thrusting blade, retaining its figured leather sheath including a prick and a further tool;


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More details of A 732, including material from the Wallace's site showing the latten-inlaid smith's mark on the blade, probably a Gothic minuscule i.


Next:


- another ballock dagger, A 734, the ivory hilt of unusual form with three (?) Gothic/Renissance male heads carved in high-relief, the fullered blade staged and sectioned; the sheath with compartments for the accompanying tools: a knife and a fork with two tines.


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Some more close-ups of A 732, including the gilt mounts of the sheath.

Next a rondel dagger, A 726, early 16th c (three attachments).


Following material copied from the Wallace's site:

- an ear dagger, A 737, Southern Europe, mid-16th c.


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The Dusägge A 715 - see posts # 4 and 5 - revisited.

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Views of the exhibition displays.

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