AUCTION 39: ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOR

AN AGATE HILT FRENCH HUNTING DAGGER, 18TH CEN.

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Start price: $1,000

Estimated price: $1,300 - $1,600

Buyer's premium: 28%

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

Elegant French silver-mounted hunting dagger bearing a tapering steel blade and an octagonal hilt hand-carved of natural agate. The blade is decorated with engraved motifs depicting ornaments, war trophies, a running deer on one side and a wild boar on the other.Late 18th century.

Dimensions: L: 19 1/2 in., (49.5 cm.)

Condition: Very good, scabbard is missing.