Ca. 900-1400 AD. European. A beautiful knife with a well-preserved medieval iron straight blade tapering slightly towards the curved pointed tip and antler bone handle reconstructed in Viking style with four panels embellished with carved linear, cross, and star decoration; custom-made stand included. For more general information on Medieval knives with bone handles, see MacGregor, A. (2015). Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn -The Technology of Skeletal Materials Since the Roman Period. London; New York: Routledge: 170. Size: L:296mm / W:30mm ; 155g. Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1990s on the UK / International art markets.