Folding knife, Ivory, steel, gilding, brass, Straight-sided blade, the upper edge curving sharply towards the point. The blade is engraved and gilded, a flower spray on one side, a monk or saint looking up to the sky on the other side; blade folds into back of ivory handle. Small brass caps at the hinge. The handle is carved in the shape of the torso of a monk, bold with beard, holding a staff with his arm and a Bible and a church in the other hand. (Possibly Dominic [1170-1221] holding the Lateran Church?), France or Italy, 1535–50, cutlery, Decorative Arts, Folding knife

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