Genoese Dagger Animated With Two Women - Genoa, Italy - XVIIIth Century

Genoese Dagger Animated With Two Women
Genoa, Italy 
18th century
Steel, bone, nickel silver and leather 
Knife length : 31,5 
Blade length : 19,3 cm
(old accident)

Dagger with a single-edged steel blade, finished in a point and with the back incised with twelve circles. The bolster is in silver and the bolster is finished with a button.
The fuse is made of bone carved in bas-relief with foliage scrolls and two nude female figures, in feet and seen from the front. They are holding foliage in both hands, one with her arms raised, the other with her arms lowered. 
The wooden scabbard is covered with brown leather and fitted with a chain and a nickel silver bolt. 

Illustration: "Woman and foliage, Roman painting" © RMN-Grand Palais / Hervé Lewandowski.

Text and photos © FCP CORIDON

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