"Dagger, Dagger, Memento Mori In Bronze With Silver Patina"
Memento Mori dagger. The bronze handle with a silver patina representing death in the form of a skeleton dressed in a cape and a hood, standing on two crossed shins. Disturbing image reminding everyone of the fragility of life and the inevitability of its end! Triangular blade 5,31 inches long. The entire dagger measures 10,23 inches. Dated to the end of the 19th century. 
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