"Dagger Called A Ball-picker - Europe - 19th Century"
DAGGER known as a pique-couilleEurope
19th century
Steel, silver, mother-of-pearl, wood, velvet
Total length: 19.5 cm; Blade length: 9.6 cm
Double-edged blade with a central ridge, acid-engraved with a knight and foliage on a gold background.
Guard with two asymmetrical quillons.
Silver bolster with ram's heads on each side.
Mother-of-pearl tang.
Steel pommel chiselled with vine tendrils.
Wooden scabbard covered in green velvet, silver chape engraved with geometric motifs and belt loop, silver ferrule chiselled with pomegranates and geometric motifs.
Ref.: 6279
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