THE FIRST WITH MAKER'S MARK OF ASPREY & CO., LONDON, 1913, THE SECOND WILLIAM COMYNS, LONDON, 1899, THE THIRD WILLIAM COMYNS, LONDON, 1902
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Three various paperknives
The first with maker's mark of Asprey & Co., London, 1913, the second William Comyns, London, 1899, the third William Comyns, London, 1902
The first in a Japanese style, the blade pierced with octafoil and apple branch and with brackets, the bone handle carved with cavorting monkeys, the other two with tortoiseshell blades and silver handles chased with figures, scrolls and foliage, marked on handles and blade, the handles detached
28¾in. (77.8cm.) long and smaller
The first with maker's mark of Asprey & Co., London, 1913, the second William Comyns, London, 1899, the third William Comyns, London, 1902
The first in a Japanese style, the blade pierced with octafoil and apple branch and with brackets, the bone handle carved with cavorting monkeys, the other two with tortoiseshell blades and silver handles chased with figures, scrolls and foliage, marked on handles and blade, the handles detached
28¾in. (77.8cm.) long and smaller