Design for a Sword or Dagger Handle with Putto-Head and Lion's-Head Masks

Theodor de Bry Netherlandish

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Handle design divided horizontally into two sections. At top, a winged putto head at center under a canopy and flanked by two squirrels facing inwards. Below, a lion's head flanked by grotesque scrolling tendrils that terminate is grotesque bird's heads. Above, a pair of snails.

Design for a Sword or Dagger Handle with Putto-Head and Lion's-Head Masks, Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Liège 1528–1598 Frankfurt), Engraving and blackwork

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