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circumcision-knife
1850/1893
British Museum
London, United Kingdom
Knife for circumcision with octagonal handle of gray agate, mounted with two bands and a pommel of gold, enamelled white and black with flowers in translucent engamel. Pearl at butt.
Details
- Title: circumcision-knife
- Date Created: 1850/1893
- Physical Dimensions: Length: 18.70cm; Length: 8.40cm (blade); Width: 2.10-2.30cm (top); Width: 1.20-1.50cm (bottom); Weight: 96.00g
- External Link: British Museum collection online
- Technique: cut; polished; basse-taille; pierced
- Subject: flower
- Registration number: WB.204
- Production place: Made in Aachen
- Producer: Attributed to the Workshop of Vasters, Reinhold
- Material: agate; enamel; gold; pearl
- Copyright: Photo: © Trustees of the British Museum
- Acquisition: Bequeathed by Rothschild, Ferdinand Anselm
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