CultureGerman
Titles
- Courtly Knife
Datelate 17th century
MediumAgate, silver fire gilt, and steel
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/4 × 7/8 × 7/8 in. (21 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2008.3
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
217 Blaffer Galleries
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Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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Anton Mozart
1601
Cabinet: pear wood, ebonized walnut, oak, and conifer with steel-etched, part fire-gilt brass mounts and fittings
Paintings: oil on copper
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Heinrich Rappost the Elder
1585
Wax on slate, set with stones and pearls, coat of arms painted on vellum, in a copper fire-gilt and engraved case
BF.2019.1
Nikolaus Rugendas
late 17th century
Silver, brass, gilt, and original leather case
BF.2008.4
Alexander Wilson
1812
Iron, steel, walnut, gold
BF.2023.8
c. 1580
Horn, faceted amber beads, rock crystal, reverse-painted and reverse-gilt
BF.2024.4
c. 1625
Softwood (unidentified), walnut, ebony, mother-of-pearl with pigment, gilt brass, and horn
BF.2014.6
André Félibien
1670
Illustrated folio book, bound in contemporary French red morocco gilt
BF.2020.2
Konrad Kachelofen
1497
Woodcut, letter press and pen and ink initial on laid paper; 20th century full morocco binding with gilt-tooled spine and covers and edge gilding
BF.2019.3