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Drawer 10

Historicism

The fascination with the past in the 19th century was manifested, among others, in products imitating old crafts or decorations referring to historical events. The drawer presents two “historicizing” daggers with the coats of arms of the Vasa dynasty ruling in Poland in the years 1587-1668

1. Pseudo renaissance daggers with Wasa coat of arms

1. Pseudo renaissance daggers with Wasa coat of arms

Poland, 19th c.

Iron, bone, forging, etching, engraving, openwork, carving

Deposit of the Academy of Learning, 1886

2. Pseudo renaissance daggers with Wasa coat of arms

2. Pseudo renaissance daggers with Wasa coat of arms

Poland, 19th c.

Iron, bone, forging, carving, etching, engraving

Deposit of the Academy of Learning, 1886