A rare North Italian "pugnale a orrechie" dagger. - image-1

Lot 464 Dα

A rare North Italian "pugnale a orrechie" dagger.

Auction 1048 - overview Cologne
15.05.2015, 14:00 - Jewellery, Furniture, Objects of Vertu, Boxes, Portrait Miniatures
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 6.820 € (incl. premium)

A rare North Italian "pugnale a orrechie" dagger.

Steel/iron, gilt and with carved ivory inlays. A so-called "ear dagger" with fine foliate and floral decor, the ivory inlays carved with dolphin and acanthus motifs. With the smithy's mark. L 34.5 cm.
1st third 17th or 19th C.

Literature

A further, similar example in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, exhibited in the Sala di Giovanni della Robbia.