l'Art du Monde

Ottoman trousse (eating utensils), 19th century, knife with iron blade and silver grip decorated with eagle head, iron fork with two prongs, the grip en suite with the knife

European-style decorative dagger XVIIIᵉ–XIXᵉ century

Decorative or ceremonial dagger 20th century

Antique dagger with a leaf-shaped blade XVI and XVII century

19th century decorative carving knives

Dog. Alexandria, Egypt, ca. 1st c BC - 4th c AD. Marble. Walters Art Museum collection

Decanter with stopper by Maurice Marinot, France, 1931. Glass with encased bubbles and acid-etched decoration. Philadelphia Museum of Art collection

Carved rock crystal snuff bottle with jade stopper, Chinese, c. 1736-1793

Brass lamp stand decorated with multiple birds. Nepal, 18th century

A blade for a short sword (Wakizashi), with a red lacquered engraving of a bamboo and plum-blossom. From Japan, 17th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

Wooden spoon for sherbet. Iran, 1800-1878

The 23 cm long dagger of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Kamose (Reign c. 1555–1550 BCE), made of wood, copper and gold. Now housed at the Royal Library of Brussels in Belgium

Pair of gilded wheel-lock pistols with round pommels containing small cleaning tools. Augsburg, Germany, 1589 or earlier

Pair of Flint-lock Pistols Tsardom of Russia, second half of the 17th century. Material steel, wood and silver

Sword with decorated ivory

Spanish map of Japan, by Luís Teixeira, 1595