Top: The wing elephant cutter is made of iron with silver inlay Banji Swastika design. The handles are made of silver sheet. The animal is the protector of supernatural enemies.

170grams

Bottom: A bird motifs cutter of a similar design and silver sheet handles.

168grams

The top two cutters are made of brass with incised and pierced decoration. The blade that moves within a D-shape arch is known as the Guillotine style cutter.

The lower arm of the bottom cutter terminates at the hinge in a bird form , a common feature in Rajasthani cutters. This state produced the most cutters in India.

Each cutter is approximately 200 g.

Circa: 1900s

A set of 5 iron Burmese cutters. The ones on top are incised with a wave-like pattern. The lower three gleam with silver and brass inlay. Early 1900s.

Total weight is 615 g.

Circa: 1900s

Five iron cutters hailing from Java's diverse corners in Indonesia. Two grander ones sport silver sheet handles and are of horse head motifs, the three smaller ones flaunting bird motifs. The total weight is 457grams, sizes ranging from 4-19 grams.

Circa: 1900