How regrettable that these intriguing and obviously well provenanced items from Crete brought no interest whatsoever!!!
I wanted to bump this thread in case anybody out there has interest in the weapons of Crete
First I would recommend most highly "The Arms of Greece and Her Balkan Neighbors" by Dr. Robert Elgood (2009), as these attractive arms are, like these beautiful Cretan pieces, fascinating.
On that note, also intriguing is the book "The Cretan Dagger" by Nikos Vasilatos, about these distinctive shape hilt daggers
There is so much proud history held in these arms, hopefully some comments on these might come in .
The two images are of one of the daggers and of the foukaria (=silver sheath) of another.
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