1st-2nd century AD. A military folding knifeposed of an iron blade with curved upper edge and lower cutting edge, bronze rectangular-section handle formed as an eagle perched on top of a column, remaining detail to the face, beak, wings and talons, open to one edge to receive the blade. 32.7 grams, 13.5cm long (5 1/4"). Private collection formed from the early 1990s-2005. French art market. Property of a Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman. [No Reserve]