Walters, Henry Beauchamp: Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (London, 1899)

TOOLS.

357

2952. KNIFE (?), similar ; the blade is larger, and on it are punctured patterns. Length 2j in.
From near Macon, 1850. Stem broken.

2953. KNIFE(?), with long straight blade ; hole in end of handle ; on the blade, each side,
punctured scroll-patterns. Length in. Athens, 1865..

2954. UNCERTAIN OBJECT, something like an axe-head, flat, ending in a swan’s head, on
the neck of which is a small ring. Length 4J in. Sardinia, 1856. Corroded.

II. KNIVES (2955-2974).

2955. KNIFE, with iron blade complete, and hinge and socketed handle, like a modern clasp-
knife ; the handle is in the form of a greyhound devouring a hare, the fore-part of which is
visible in his mouth ; the animal issues
out of a calyx. Length 5-f in. ; of the
handle, 2^ in. Comarmond Coll.,

1851 ; found in 1819 at Vaison, Dept.

Vaucluse, France.

2956. HANDLE OF KNIFE (?), in
the form of a crouching lion devouring
the head of an ox which he holds in
his fore-paws ; the part into which the
blade was inserted is in the form of a
calyx. Ht. 5 in. 1894. Patina.

2957. HANDLE OF KNIFE, in the

form of a dog running, with a boar’s head in its mouth. Length 3! in. Towneley Coll.

2958. HANDLE OF KNIFE, in the form of a wolf or dog crouching down. Length 2f in.

Presented by General Meyrick, 1878.

2959. HANDLE OF KNIFE, in the form of a bull (?), the body hollow, with an opening at the
hinder end ; the feet rest on a sort of curved stand with a support in the middle, on which is a
bud (?) in relief, inverted. Length 3 in. Towneley Coll.

2960. HANDLE OF KNIFE, in the form of a Gryphon’s head. Length 2 in. Much worn.

2961. HANDLE OF KNIFE, in the form of a horse’s head looking round to its r., with mouth

open. Length 2f in. Patina.

2962. HANDLE OF KNIFE, ending in a ram’s head. Length 2 in.

2963. HANDLE OF KNIFE, in the form of a sheep’s foot; at the other end, a socket.

Length 3J in.

2964. HANDLE OF KNIFE (?) : at one end a calyx ending below in a volute ; at the other, a
panther seizing a deer by an antler with its mouth ; the deer crouches on its fore-legs, and the
panther grasps its r. shoulder with r. fore-paw. Length 2f in. Towneley Coll.

2965. HANDLE OF KNIFE, with figure of Eros (?) in relief, wearing Phrygian cap and

chlamys ; he has a pcditm in r. hand and a bunch of grapes in 1. At the back is a slit into

which the iron blade fitted. Length 2| in. Rathcr rude work ; patina.

Fig. 83 = No. 2355.