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Knife handle (manche de couteau) (Side)

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Subject
Secular.

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Florence, Museo Nazionale del Bargello

Inv. 857 C

Bone;bronze (blade)

Height: 75mm (handle only); 162mm (total)

Two dogs; dog with a staff.

Salvatici 1999: France (?), 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
The bone has been tinted a red-brown colour.

Provenance
Carrand collection: bequeathed by Louis Carrand (d. 1888) to the Museo del Bargello in 1888.

Bibliography
I. B. Supino, Catalogo del R. Museo Nazionale di Firenze (Rome, 1898), p. 157.
L. Salvatici, Posate, pugnali, coltelli da caccia (Florence, 1999), no. 96, p. 89.

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