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Dividers
    • Setting:
      Room II
    • Maker:
      Benvenuto della Volpaia
    • Place:
      Florence
    • Date:
      16th cent.
    • Materials:
      steel, gold
    • Dimensions:
      length 390 mm
    • Inventory:
      2515
    • Dividers (Inv. 2515)
    • Dividers (Inv. 2515)

Dividers in the shape of a dagger made of blued steel with gold inlays. A very precious object, it was part of a set of instruments for military or cartographic use. Carries the inscription "Volentieri" [willingly] in gold, whose significance is unclear. When the dividers are open, they display the maker's initials, "B.V." (Benvenuto della Volpaia), also inlaid in gold. Provenance: Medici collections.