hello,

i would like to know if someone could show me some example of daggers/sword with heraldic engraved/enamelled pommels,

one nice example has been posted by Chad Arnow with his reproduction of a menber of the Balliol's family dagger, so i'm

very curious to see other examples.

thanks for help

Gabriele

Check out this thread for a couple of examples:

http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=10910

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There's also the sword of Edward III:

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There is a family of 14th century daggers with large hollow pommels, called "Burgundian heraldic daggers". I think there's some question whether the symbols on those pommels is heraldic or just decorative.

The sword of Estorre Visconti features heraldry as well, seen here: http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=2555 .

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A Type XII from Madrid:
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The sword of Albrecht II:

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So there are a half dozen from around this site. :) There are more, but that involves digging through books and firing up the scanner.

Great pics!

Which books did you get these from?

Don't forget the Burgundian Dagger.

http://guerriers-du-moyen-age.aceboard.fr/123...gnonne.htm

http://quaero-et-adamo.com/english/antique_daggers.htm

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joc...mp;DOM=All

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joc...mp;DOM=All

http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/displayimage....mp;pos=181


There's information and b&w photos re Burgundian Daggers in the book "Daggers and Fighting Knives of the Western World by Harold L. Peterson.

Danny

Thanks Chad and Danny for the great pics, in your opinion such kind of ornate weapons where for show or for a kind of bearing sword, or for war as well?

Here's another: the sword of Pierre de Cros, Archbishop of Arles, dated to circa 1380. The sword can be linked from the heraldry to his family by the crest on one side of the pommel and the title "Archiepiscopus" on the rear of the pommel links it to Pierre, the only one of three cardinals in the family to have also been an Archbishop.

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Inside one of the osprey books about the Crusader, i have seen a reproduction of the pommel of Peter Dreux of Brittany,killed at the battle of mansurah during the fifth(?) crudade, showing his arms (chequy azur and or with a canton in the upper left with the ermine of brittany) at one side and a green cross at the other side, i don't know if it's still existing.

I found some small colour photos of the Type XII from Madrid that Chad posted.

The sword is located in the "Instituto de Valencia de Don Juan" and it is Type XIX.6 in Oakeshott's Records of the Medieval Sword.

http://oronoz.com/muestrafotostitulos.php?ped...bla=Claves

Danny

Here's an English riding sword with a crest (unidentified) on the pommel.

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Sword from the River Nene in England

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just another question: any surviving 16th century complex hilt sword with heraldic pommel?

Looking for a digital photo of it, but the hand and a half sword of Duke Christopher of Bavaria c.1480, has a heraldic pommel. It is a very ornate sword.

Kel, nice link, a lot of nice sword

Here are two more heraldic pommels, both from the Met in NY. The pictures suck because taking photos through glassis hard. :)

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Dagger pommel

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Sword pommel

Chad, it is the bottom one the pommel of Peter of Dreux of Brittany?