l'Art du Monde

The Art of the World. The beauty of creation and the subtlety of human know-how. Planes, objects, food, landscapes and others.

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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

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European-style decorative dagger XVIIIᵉ–XIXᵉ century

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Decorative or ceremonial dagger 20th century

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

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19th century decorative carving knives

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

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

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

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

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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

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Wooden spoon for sherbet. Iran, 1800-1878

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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

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

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

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Sword with decorated ivory

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Spanish map of Japan, by Luís Teixeira, 1595