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Description: | Straight-bladed dirk. The hilt consists of a gilt cross-piece with five balls and inversed quillons. There is an ivory grip and octagonal gilt pommel. The blade is straight, blued and gilt for half its length and has a single groove. The scabbard is made of black leather with gilt brass mounts: two lockets with rings, the top locket also has a frog stud, and a chape. This dirk is part of the Spinney Collection which includes in total sixteen swords, five dirks and three pistols (AAA3114 (pair) and AAA3115).
caption: Dirk | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Spinney Collection dirks | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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