Superb venery dagger.
Superb venery dagger.
Carved and grooved ivory handle. Carved and chiselled gilded brass mount. Hilt with two straight quillons in the shape of a boar and a deer attacked by dogs. Straight blade with two hollow sides and central ridge, half engraved with hunting attributes, wild boar, dogs, foliage and foliage. Scabbard covered with brown leather with two gilt brass trimmings, carved. Button in the shape of a lion's head. Bouterolle with decoration enhanced with dogs, hares, pheasants, rifles, powdered pears, foliage and acanthus leaves.
B.E. Circa 1820. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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Superb venery dagger.
Carved and grooved ivory handle. Carved and chiselled gilded brass mount. Hilt with two straight quillons in the shape of a boar and a deer attacked by dogs. Straight blade with two hollow sides and central ridge, half engraved with hunting attributes, wild boar, dogs, foliage and foliage. Scabbard covered with brown leather with two gilt brass trimmings, carved. Button in the shape of a lion's head. Bouterolle with decoration enhanced with dogs, hares, pheasants, rifles, powdered pears, foliage and acanthus leaves.
B.E. Circa 1820. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.