Knife, Steel, gilding, agate, Small knife with leaf-shaped blade. Upper rib on side with engraved scroll device, a gilded crest at bolster, reverse with gilded engraved fleur-de-lis. Handle decorated with volute scrolls, capital, and an octagonal column inlaid with coral dots, scroll capital. End of handle in the form of a winged figure; oriental male on front, grotesque female on reverse. Traces of gilding on handle., possibly France, 1550–1600, cutlery, Decorative Arts, Knife

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