Ø AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY MIDSHIPMAN'S STEEL AND IVORY DIRK BY CARTER OF GOSPORT
with 16in. steel blade, gilt-brass guard and plain tapering ivory handle with gilt-brass end cap, contained within original brass-mounted leather scabbard, signed in wrigglework to top Carter Gosport, with belt stud and frog loops -- overall length 21in. (53.5cm.)

Condition Report
Blade discoloured and pitted with some ragged edge overall; ivory handle with two or three shrinkage splits near base slightly loose; scabbard complete but fragile, with stitching beginning to part near tip.

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