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Knife handle (manche de couteau) (Side)

Knife handle (manche de couteau) (Side)
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Subject
Secular.

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Solingen, Deutsches Klingenmuseum

Inv. 1909.B.1056

Ivory;steel (blade), partially gilded;mother-of-pearl-horn

Height: 247mm
Width: 24mm (incl. blade)
Weight: 90g

Lion head.

Museum's opinion 2013: Italian, 1st quarter of the 16th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Provenance
Donated by Richard Berg in 1909.


Image

© Deutsches Klingenmuseum, Solingen.

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