European Decorative Arts and Sculpture Dagger with Sheath Made in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europec. 1580 Artist/maker unknown, German. Silver mounts of dagger and sheath probably by silversmith Wendel unter den Linden, German (active Dresden), active 1566 - 1593, died before 1610. Steel [blade]; blackened iron, silver, wood, fish skin [hilt]; leather, engraved silver [sheath] * Gallery 248, Arms and Armor, second floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries) 1977-167-693 Bequest of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, 1977 |
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