Inventory no.: 64
Silver Manuscript Knife
SOLD
Calligrapher’s Silver Niello Knife
Turkey
18th-19th century
length: 15.4 cm
Knives such as this were used to trim palm leaves for the preparation of manuscripts.
The handle of this example is embellished with silver niello work with numerous small stars and bands of geometric designs.
Inventory no.: 64
SOLD