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Decorative Knife Handles and Accessories

Artistic knife handles from different cultures, showcasing intricate designs and craftsmanship, highlighting historical significance.

Passement of linen and yellow side in diamond pattern, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1899 Passement of linen and yellow side in a pattern of windows in windows. BK-NM-12186-19, BK-NM-12186-20-B and BK-NM-12186-21 have the same pattern. Europe silk. linen (material) Passement of linen and yellow side in a pattern of windows in windows. BK-NM-12186-19, BK-NM-12186-20-B and BK-NM-12186-21 have the same pattern. Europe silk. linen (material)
Passement of linen and yellow side in diamond pattern, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1899 Passement of linen and yellow side in a pattern of windows in windows. BK-NM-12186-19, BK-NM-12186-20-B and BK-NM-12186-21 have the same pattern. Europe silk. linen (material) Passement of linen and yellow side in a pattern of windows in windows. BK-NM-12186-19, BK-NM-12186-20-B and BK-NM-12186-21 have the same pattern. Europe silk. linen (material)
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Needle sheath 18th century Dutch or German. Needle sheath. Dutch or German. 18th century. Faience. Textiles-Methods and MaterialsChristmas tree decorationSutra Cover. China. Date: 1590-1599. Dimensions: 33.2 × 11.8 cm (13 × 4 5/8 in.)Warp repeat: 17.1 cm (6 3/4 in.). Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, gauze weave with supplementary patterning wefts; label: silk, plain weave; painted with ink; glued to paper. Origin: China. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Melanesian Paddle, 1960s, Wellington, by Leslie Adkin. Gift of Adkin Family, 1997.A child's amulet. From the Sioux people of the Northern Plains, USA, 1880-1920.The MARIMBA of the Zulu peoples of South Africa, seen from front and back : it is played with drumsticks. Similar instruments are used in Java, Costa Rica etc. Date: early 20th centuryPair of Rattles late 19th century Africa (West). Pair of Rattles. Africa (West). late 19th century. Wood. Idiophone-Shaken-rattleLes Solitaires de Normandie, Engraved, hand-colored and painted paper leaf, turned wood handle, Handscreen with a paper leaf and turned wood handle. Obverse: oval medallion with a hand-colored engraving of a woman flanked by a hunter and a woodsman in the woods, surrounded by hand-painted birds, butterflies, etc. Reverse: dialogue from the comic opera 'Les solitaires de Normandie.', France, ca. 1788, costume & accessories, Handscreen, HandscreenFragment of Neck Border 4th-5th century. Fragment of Neck Border 443948Case (Inrō) with Design of Three Geese Swimming and Diving on Waves 19th century Japan. Case (Inrō) with Design of Three Geese Swimming and Diving on Waves 58793MilledBordersMaker Unknown, Cordial Bottle, c. 1775-1810, sapphire blue glass and enamel.Award medal (2nd prize) in the form of a plaque: ARCPHIL PHYSTEM EXHIBITION 97