AUCTION 43: ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR

A FRENCH HUNTING DAGGER WITH ENGRAVED BLADE, 18TH C.

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Start price: $600

Estimated price: $900 - $1,200

Buyer's premium:

An early 18th century French hunting dagger with a tapering single-edged blade, cast-bronze clamshell guard and pommel, and sharkskin grip. The blade is decorated with engraving at the fret on both sides, showing deer, dogs, and boar.

L 27 in., (86.58 cm.)

Condition: Good overall, scabbard is mising.