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APPARENTLY UNMARKED, 19TH CENTURY
Details
A Parcel-Gilt Silver and Niello Paper Knife
Apparently unmarked, 19th century
In the form of a shashka, the curved sword with hooked bifurcated pommel, the hilt and scabbard chased and nielloed with panels of scrolling foliage, fitted with a steel blade, in a later silk and velvet lined wood box stamped 'Hammer Galleries New York Palm Beach', apparently unmarked
9¾ in. (25 cm.) long
Apparently unmarked, 19th century
In the form of a shashka, the curved sword with hooked bifurcated pommel, the hilt and scabbard chased and nielloed with panels of scrolling foliage, fitted with a steel blade, in a later silk and velvet lined wood box stamped 'Hammer Galleries New York Palm Beach', apparently unmarked
9¾ in. (25 cm.) long
Provenance
Hammer Galleries, New York, the invoice dated 8 December 1936.
An American private collection.
An American private collection.
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