15th century AD. A bronze guard from a small parrying dagger with waisted arms, spur to one face with scallop-shell finial; old collector's inked notation 'Nr. Blakeney'. 36 grams, 60mm (2 1/4"). Property of a Leicestershire, UK, collector; found near Blakeney, Norfolk, UK. The scallop shell may refer to the pilgrim's token of similar form associated with the church of Santiago di Compostela in Galicia, Spain. [No Reserve]