Mid 19th C. French Bronze / Silver / Gold Hilted Dagger

[Jack Loomes]

Silver & Gold plated Bronze Dagger

Culture: French

Medium: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Steel

The dagger has a straight, double-edged blade with a double groove and a bronze grip and sheath that is silver-coated and partly gilded. The grip depicts a girl playing the lyre while the sheath is worked in bas-relief with two grotesque masks in the center and arm trophies and flags above and under. The dagger has curved and curled small quillons.

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