Traditional ladies' dagger. Spain, 18th century.

Traditional ladies' dagger. Spain, 18th century.
Iron and gilded bronze.
Measurements: 18 cm.
A dagger with a triangular blade featuring a cutting edge adorned with triangular motifs and decorated toward the hilt with a gilded bronze element featuring circles between bands. The handle, which is circular in cross-section, has a fluted column shape with a central hollow secured by four small gilded bronze bars that extend along the rest of the handle; this metal also appears on the upper finial.