A Fine Saxon Left-Hand Dagger, Circa 1610

With bright sharply tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section with central fuller over each side of the forte, blued iron hilt comprising strongly arched flat quillons with spatulate 'fish-tail' ends each with central flute between incised lines, large side-ring filled with a plate pierced with linked circles, compressed fig-shaped pommel of octagonal section with button finial, wooden grip bound with fine steel wire between slender Turk's heads, and retaining most of its original blueing
34.8 cm. blade

Provenance
The Saxon Electoral Armouries, Dresden

Possibly one of the daggers of this type offered in the sale Parzellane und Waffen aus der Kgl. Sächsischen Sammlungen in Dresden held by Rudolph Lepke Kunst-auctions, Berlin, 7-8 October 1919