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Hunting knife with sheath
Lost Art-ID
596419
Artist
Title
Hunting knife with sheath
Datierung
1596
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
agate : gold : enamel : diamond : shagreen / enamelled, chased, etched, gilded
Measures
Länge (Griff): 4,00 cm; Länge (Klinge): 27,00 cm
Length
27.00 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 1
Description
Knife with agate handle, which has a golden, richly enamelled mounting set with diamonds; the leather sheath also has a chased and enamelled gold fitting; the blade is beautifully etched and gilded, showing the Saxonian coat of arms on one side and the year "1596" between delicate ornaments on the other side.
Provenance
Extant in the Kunstkammer since at least 1717, probable loss after 1945, whereabouts unknown.
Literature / Source
Inventar 1717, fol. 5v, Nr. 10; Inventar 1764, fol. 6r, Nr. 11; Inventar 1830, fol. 40r, Nr. 20; Inventar 1858, Bd. 2, Cap. III, Nr. 9; Aldenhoven Waffen, Geräth und Kleider, Nr. 1
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
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