A Niello and Silver-Mounted Hunting Knife
circa 1880
With double-edged steel blade etched at the forte with Roman soldiers within gilt arabesque motifs, the wooden hilt with silver mounts niello with foliate scrolls, the scabbard with collar and chape of conforming decoration, apparently unmarked
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) long
A Niello and Silver-Mounted Hunting Knife
circa 1880
With double-edged steel blade etched at the forte with Roman soldiers within gilt arabesque motifs, the wooden hilt with silver mounts niello with foliate scrolls, the scabbard with collar and chape of conforming decoration, apparently unmarked
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) long
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