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