A pair of Dutch knives with silver handles
Lot 195 WORKS OF ART FROM THE LATE REGENTS OF THE RAEPENHOFJE IN AMSTERDAM

A pair of Dutch knives with silver handles

INDISTINCT MARKS, 17TH CENTURY

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A pair of Dutch knives with silver handles
Indistinct marks, 17th Century
Each with the handle cast as a figure holding a rifle, a dog standing behind him, with steel blades
23.5 cm. long (2)

Specialist note

In Heshuysen's inventory these items are numbered 66.

A similar knife cast in brass is illustrated in O. ter Kuile, Koper & Brons, Den Haag, 1986, p. 324, cat. nr. 483. See also ter Kuile for a similar hilt cast in brass, op cit. p. 323, cat. nr. 482.