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FRENCH, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Details
A PARCEL-GILT STEEL AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL KNIFE
French, second half 16th Century
The handle surmounted by a seated sphinx above a Corinthian capital, with applied mother-of-pearl inlay; the blade partially engraved on each side with foliate strapwork decoration and with a bird holding a branch
Minor wear to gilding
9 in. (22.8 cm.) long
French, second half 16th Century
The handle surmounted by a seated sphinx above a Corinthian capital, with applied mother-of-pearl inlay; the blade partially engraved on each side with foliate strapwork decoration and with a bird holding a branch
Minor wear to gilding
9 in. (22.8 cm.) long
Provenance
Rothschild inv. no. 2665b.