Collection Online as of February 4, 2023

Dagger

1600s (1500s blade)

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Switzerland and/or France, 17th century

(16th century blade)

Steel and wire; chiseled quillions and pommel

Overall: 44.3 cm (17 7/16 in.); Quillions: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1894

Location

210A Armor Court

Provenance

Spitzer; Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. # 448.

Citations

Galerie Georges Petit, Paris. Armes & Armures. June 10-14, 1895. Lot 261. Mentioned: vol. I, p. 54, lot 261; Reproduced: vol. II, p. [21], lot 261 archive.org

Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 218-219, I23 archive.org

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor. 2d ed., 1948. Reproduction: p. 48 archive.org