a dagger of steel in late gothic style 19th century

the tapering, double edged blade engraved on the ricasso with spurious maker's mark, down curved bronze quillons cast in the form of two heads of ducks, hexagonal grip of horn centred by a band of copper, the disc-shaped pommel cast with a huntsman on horseback with a falcon and hound, extensive remains of gilding; together with a left hand dagger of steel, the blade of lozenge cross-section, down curved quillons engraved with the year 1599, the grip spirally twisted and wound with brass wire, secured by facetted pommel