A RARE LOWLAND SCOTTISH BALLOCK DAGGER
CIRCA 1615-25
A RARE LOWLAND SCOTTISH BALLOCK DAGGER CIRCA 1615-25 With tapering blade of stiff-diamond section changing to a rectangular ricasso flattened on both sides, etched with a mark on one face, 'T' below a coronet, etched and gilt with a series of rectangular panels of scrollwork over its lower half on both sides, tapering polished ivy rootwood hilt of octagonal section swelling to a domed top and with characteristic basal lobes each inset with a brass domed rivet, the top en suite , and with a concave filed iron washer fitted over the base (the basal lobes each chipped), in its original leather scabbard, both sides tooled with a repeating pattern of thistle heads arranged in three panels with raised mouldings between (chipped at the throat on one side) 13½in (34.3cm)
A RARE LOWLAND SCOTTISH BALLOCK DAGGER
CIRCA 1615-25
A RARE LOWLAND SCOTTISH BALLOCK DAGGER CIRCA 1615-25 With tapering blade of stiff-diamond section changing to a rectangular ricasso flattened on both sides, etched with a mark on one face, 'T' below a coronet, etched and gilt with a series of rectangular panels of scrollwork over its lower half on both sides, tapering polished ivy rootwood hilt of octagonal section swelling to a domed top and with characteristic basal lobes each inset with a brass domed rivet, the top en suite , and with a concave filed iron washer fitted over the base (the basal lobes each chipped), in its original leather scabbard, both sides tooled with a repeating pattern of thistle heads arranged in three panels with raised mouldings between (chipped at the throat on one side) 13½in (34.3cm)
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