APPARENTLY UNMARKED, FIRST QUARTER 17TH CENTURY
Details
A Dutch silver marriage knife
Apparently unmarked, first quarter 17th Century
The handle engraved with symbolic scenes concerning love and the text: Fides, Semper, Spes and one illegable text, the finial of the handle with typical open scroll work and baluster top
19.5cm. (7.7in.) wide
Apparently unmarked, first quarter 17th Century
The handle engraved with symbolic scenes concerning love and the text: Fides, Semper, Spes and one illegable text, the finial of the handle with typical open scroll work and baluster top
19.5cm. (7.7in.) wide
Literature
for similar knives, see: B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver 1650-1880, Amsterdam, 1987, p. 160 and illustrations