SAMPSON MORDAN & CO., LONDON 1899
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A late Victorian paperknife
Sampson Mordan & Co., London 1899
In the form of a sheathed sabre; two silver-mounted ivory paperknives; a combination paperknife and magnifying glass, the blade calibrated in inches, Asprey & Co., London 1897; a pair of silver-handled steel wick trimmers; a pair of plain grape shears; an ivory-handled crumb scoop; and two oddments
8in. (20cm.)
Sampson Mordan & Co., London 1899
In the form of a sheathed sabre; two silver-mounted ivory paperknives; a combination paperknife and magnifying glass, the blade calibrated in inches, Asprey & Co., London 1897; a pair of silver-handled steel wick trimmers; a pair of plain grape shears; an ivory-handled crumb scoop; and two oddments
8in. (20cm.)