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Thomas Tompion
ca. 1677–80

German
1477 (printing); 1478 (binding)

ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
ca. 2124–1504 B.C.
ca. 2030–1640 B.C.
ca. 2030–1640 B.C.
ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
ca. 1802–1640 B.C.

Hans van Amsterdam
1533/34

Bamum kingdom
before 1880

Chinese
17th–early 18th century
Japanese
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century

Probably Lakota or Cheyenne
1800–1825

Proto-Elamite
ca. 3000 BCE

Sumerian
ca. 2900–2600 BCE
Gotō Renjō (Mitsutomo)
14th century; mounting, 19th century

Koma Yasutada
19th century

Greek
ca. 400 BCE

Solomon Islands people
Early to mid-19th century

Martin Shell Jr.
ca. 1800

Korea
ca.12th century

Kongo artist and nganga
late19th–mid-20th century

Kawachino Kamifujiwara Rai[...]
blade, 18th century; mounting, 18th–early 19th century

Japanese
mid- to late 19th century

Newari, for the Nepalese or Tibetan market
17th–19th century

Eastern Plains or Western Great Lakes
1800–1825