Lot Essay
Comparable knives are illustrated in Onno ter Kuile, Koper & Brons, Rijksmuseum Catalogue of Metalwork, Amsterdam, 1986, pl. 485-6.
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18TH CENTURY
Details
A GERMAN BRONZE-HANDLED STEEL CLEAVER
18TH CENTURY
The shaped blade with a cutlers mark and handle cast with a lion or leopard's head terminal
11 in. (28 cm.) high on stand
18TH CENTURY
The shaped blade with a cutlers mark and handle cast with a lion or leopard's head terminal
11 in. (28 cm.) high on stand
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