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| Keywords: Italian - Dagger for the Left Hand - Walters 51517.jpg This dagger has a short pointed double-edged blade It was attached to the sword belt and worn on the right hip with the sword on the left Following the new tactics in swordsmanship of the late 1500s the dagger was wielded by the left hand with a light sword or rapier in the right New forms evolved to accommodate this parrying function long crossguards a side ring and prongs parallel to the blade to protect the fingers and catch or block an opponent's sword This type of dagger with its large triangular convex guard with a raised rim to deflect the opponent's blade was developed in Spain but produced in Italy in the mid-1600s to accompany cup-hilted rapiers such as Walters 51 501 Like the rapiers they were intricately decorated with chiseling and piercing between 1650 1675 steel cm 51 4 accession number 51 517 33626 Sale American Art Association New York November 8 1921 Hollingworth Magniac 1786-1867 Colworth Bedford date of acquisition unknown by purchase Charles Magniac Colworth 1867 by inheritance Sale Christie's London July 2 or 4 1892 no 1009 Samuel H Austin Philadelphia date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale New York February 24 1917 no 596 Harding 1917 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore 1917 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1921 place of origin Italy Walters Art Museum license Weapons in the Walters Art Museum Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Parrying daggers | ||||
