Context (Field collection)
Probably from Hitchin or London.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Dagger with small oval curved guard of bronze; the flat back of the blade chamfered with stops at intervals.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Armourer's mark on blade.
Event Date 23/4/2001
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
'Bollock/ballock’ dagger (kidney dagger) with iron blade and extant oval copper alloy quillion plate. Single-edged blade is hollow ground with flat back and chamfered edges; blade back features two large sections that are chamfered to a point; blade tip is rounded. Quillion plate is convex towards handle; two opposed ‘U’ shaped notches at midpoint; ends are decorated with band of incised lines. Squared tang tapers slightly, tang terminal shaped to accept pommel. Blade features inlaid copper-alloy maker’s mark in the form of a circle with attached crescent.
Event Date 15/11/2023
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Context (Analysis)
This object is identifiable as a 'bollock/ballock’ dagger (a.k.a kidney dagger) by the oval quillion plate. Similar examples are described in J. B. Ward-Perkins. London Museum Medieval Catalogue 1940, p. 48, plate IX (Anglia: Anglia Publishing, 1993).
Event Date 16/11/2023
Author: Zahni Blumenthal