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Drawer 8

The second life of objects

The drawer presents two examples of high-class carved ivory handles from the 18th century, reused in the 19th century to make hunting weapons.

1. Dagger with karabela hilt

1. Dagger with karabela hilt

Poland, fourth quater of the 18th c. (hilt), second half of the 19th c. (blade),

Iron, wood, bone, forging, carving

Gift of Erazm Barącz, 1922

2. Hunting hanger with sheath

2. Hunting hanger with sheath

Germany, ca. 1720 (hilt), second half of the 19th c. (blade)

Steel, bronze, ivory, wood, shagreen, forging, cast, chiselling, etching, carving

From the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow