Gothic Ivories Project | Pair of knife handles (manche de couteau) (Handles and case)

Pair of knife handles (manche de couteau) (Handles and case)

Pair of knife handles (manche de couteau) (Handles and case)

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Subject
Secular.

Unknown location

S/n

Silver (mounts);ivory

Lion. Winged dragon or griffin.
Crowned monogram 'HS' (?).

Beard 1938: early 16th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved on all sides.

Comments
Beard (1938) thought the ivory parts came from gravoirs and that the knives were a 19th-century construction.

Bibliography
C. R. Beard, 'Gravoirs and Knife-Hafts: a 19th-Century Fake Exposed', in Connoisseur 101 (1938), pp. 171-175, no. V.

Image

Out of copyright: from C. R. Beard, 'Gravoirs and Knife-Hafts; a 19th-Century Fake Exposed', in Connoisseur 101 (1938).

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