A rare and unusual 18th century Continental dress dagger with double-edged blade, blade length 16cm, both faces with engraved trailing foliate decoration, the bowl guard with white metal mounts and part-covered with the cranium of a catfish with applied white metal stud decoration, the grip produced from a catfish spine, with turtle shell scabbard with engraved white metal mounts (some repairs to bowl guard, some damage/cracking to turtle shell scabbard, some impact marks/bruises to lower scabbard chape).