2nd millennium B.C. A bronze dagger with a slender leaf-shaped blade pierced with eight attachment holes for the organic bone or wooden handle. Cf. Sandars, N.K., Bronze Age Cultures in France, the later phases from the thirteenth to the seventh century B.C., Cambridge, 1957, fig.20, p.87. 178 grams, 29 cm (11 1/2 in."). Acquired late 19th century. Private collection, Liverpool, UK. Ex Helios Gallery Antiquities, Wiltshire, UK. Apanied by a Helios Gallery certificate of authenticity. The dagger is typical Northern European type from the 2nd millennium to the 1st millennium B.C. The typology seems possibly related to the French Variant type 3 of the Rixheim bronze age swords, considering the absence of tang and the presence of more than the usual two holes for the fastening of the organic hilt. [No Reserve]Condition Report: Fine condition.