Penknife from the Gun Set of Mahmud I

ca. 1732 (Ottoman)

1 cm 0.8 cm 15.1 cm

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Included in the so-called "Turkish Hunting Set," this penknife is part of the writing set that is contained inside of the pen box (Walters 51.78) which in turn fits into the butt of the Ottoman gun (Walters 51.87). The knife's steel blade is short in comparison to the long, ne...

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Robert S. Pardo, Constantinople; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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