Knife
Unknown Artist
Knife, with a handle of rectangular section overlaid with silver, the sides engraved and nielloed in the Renaissance manner with trophies of arms and musical instruments; the narrower sides decorated with a fine guilloche ornament; pommel of gilt bronze, chased with a double-tailed mermaid and addorsed birds in low relief; single-edged, pointed blade etched with foliage and at the forte with arabesques, etched and gilt.
Italian, about 1490.
Compare the style of serving knife A889.
c. 1490
Iron or steel, gold, bronze and silver, etched, engraved and gilded
A897
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