Beautiful medieval eating knife with decorated brass handle inscribed with 'Be Merie' on one face and 'Domine' (Our Lord) on the other. Both motifs were common. These were taken from a 14thC knife but these brass handled knives were popular from 13th through to the 16thC
Handle 11cm/4.3"
Blade 11.2cm/4.5"
Total length 23cm/9"
Please note: The colours may vary in tone from the photos here. Each skin of leather is different and reacts differently to the dye so they may be darker or lighter in tone
