Allen Antiques

These are the Daggers in the Allen study collection.

Ballock Dagger 14th century

Ballock Dagger. Found in the river Thames in London by Thames mudlarks. Single edged blade and simple wooden handle. Wood has been stabilized since recovery. Overall length 11 inches, blade 6.76 inches. Nigel Mills dated this dagger to the early 14th century.
Not for sale.

Dagger circa 1400

Dagger. Typically Swiss. Good, solid excavated item. Handle missing. Includes typical hilt of curved forms. 32cm long.
Not for sale.

Dagger circa 1400

Basilard Dagger. Hilt of typical "I" form. Somewhat worn excavated item. Handle missing. 41cm long.
Not for sale.

Ballock Dagger 15th century

Excavated. Condition indicates a water find. Wooden handle with integral wooden guard. Studs (probably for the attachment of inset bands now lost) and inlaid silver. Blade 6" long. Illustrated in Laking "European Armour and Arms" vol. 3 page 35 fig. 804 (described as " of the Flemish type with silver enrichments which was recovered some years ago fom the Rhine." and dated to 1470), Dean "A Catalog of a Load Exhibition of Arms and Armor", Met. Museum of Art, 1911, No. 144. Formerly in the Keasbey collection. Sold as lot 184 of the Dec. 6, 1924 sale of the collection of Henry Griffith Keasbey held at the American Art Galleries by auctioneers Parke and Bernet where it is described as "German c. 1400 found in the Rhine".
Not for sale.

Ballock Dagger Early 16th century

Ballock dagger. Slightly hollow ground blade 10 1/2 inches long with ridge shaped back edge. Inlaid maker"s mark. Wooden handle. Similar to handles found in the Mary Rose.
Not for sale.

Rondel Dagger Early 16th century

Early 16th century form. All steel construction with a large rondel forming the pommel and a smaller rondel forming the guard. The guard is asymetrical, with a tab bent down in the back (so that it can lie next to the body of the wearer).
Not for sale.

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	Ballock Dagger 14th century Ballock Dagger. Found in the river Thames in London by Thames mudlarks. Single edged blade and simple wooden handle. Wood has been stabilized since recovery. Overall length 11 inches, blade 6.76 inches. Nigel Mills dated this dagger to the early 14th century. Not for sale.
	Dagger circa 1400 Dagger. Typically Swiss. Good, solid excavated item. Handle missing. Includes typical hilt of curved forms. 32cm long. Not for sale.
	Dagger circa 1400 Basilard Dagger. Hilt of typical "I" form. Somewhat worn excavated item. Handle missing. 41cm long. Not for sale.
	Ballock Dagger 15th century Excavated. Condition indicates a water find. Wooden handle with integral wooden guard. Studs (probably for the attachment of inset bands now lost) and inlaid silver. Blade 6" long. Illustrated in Laking "European Armour and Arms" vol. 3 page 35 fig. 804 (described as " of the Flemish type with silver enrichments which was recovered some years ago fom the Rhine." and dated to 1470), Dean "A Catalog of a Load Exhibition of Arms and Armor", Met. Museum of Art, 1911, No. 144. Formerly in the Keasbey collection. Sold as lot 184 of the Dec. 6, 1924 sale of the collection of Henry Griffith Keasbey held at the American Art Galleries by auctioneers Parke and Bernet where it is described as "German c. 1400 found in the Rhine". Not for sale.
	Ballock Dagger Early 16th century Ballock dagger. Slightly hollow ground blade 10 1/2 inches long with ridge shaped back edge. Inlaid maker"s mark. Wooden handle. Similar to handles found in the Mary Rose. Not for sale.
	Rondel Dagger Early 16th century Early 16th century form. All steel construction with a large rondel forming the pommel and a smaller rondel forming the guard. The guard is asymetrical, with a tab bent down in the back (so that it can lie next to the body of the wearer). Not for sale.