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FRENCH OR GERMAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Details
A PARCEL-GILT STEEL AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL TABLE KNIFE
French or German, late 16th Century
The vase-shaped handle decorated in relief with fantastical figures, scrolls and swags, and with applied mother-of-pearl inlay; the blade partially engraved
Minor wear to gilding
11.3/8 in. (28.8 cm.) long
French or German, late 16th Century
The vase-shaped handle decorated in relief with fantastical figures, scrolls and swags, and with applied mother-of-pearl inlay; the blade partially engraved
Minor wear to gilding
11.3/8 in. (28.8 cm.) long
Provenance
Rothschild inv. no. AR2664.