Lot 490
A Scottish Highland dirk
Auction: 19 August 2013 at 15:00 BST
£3,750
Description
circa 1785, the grip of highly figured and patinated root wood skilfully carved into a traditional interlaced pattern, the flat disk pommel with brass cap, the hand guard decorated with a brass heart on each side, the single edged blade notched cut and engraved to the back edge, in original tooled leather sheath
Dimensions
40cm overall length