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ROMANTIC DAGGER with four WITCHES and the HORNED DEMON
European work from the 19th century
Steel and gilded bronze
Total length: 18; L.: 5.8 cm
Blade length: 9.6 cm
This romantic dagger, also called a dagger of virtue, is made of steel and gilded bronze worked in the round. The baluster fuse is topped with a bust portrait of a horned demon, the guard has a volute quillon, the crossguard is animated on a section of a round mirror and the scabbard is punctuated by four naked women presented in a lascivious manner, referring to the Four Witches.
The straight double-edged steel blade ends in a point.
On a base
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
Ref. :5100
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