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FRENCH, CIRCA 1600
Details
A PARCEL-GILT STEEL GRAPE GROWER'S KNIFE
French, circa 1600
The handle with a lion's head finial above a Corinthian capital, with applied mother-of-pearl inlay; the blade engraved with a coat of arms and the inscription 'LORS = LA = VYGNE = MUSRIRA ALORS = LACTE = FINIRA'
Some wear to gilding
9 in. (22.9 cm.) long
French, circa 1600
The handle with a lion's head finial above a Corinthian capital, with applied mother-of-pearl inlay; the blade engraved with a coat of arms and the inscription 'LORS = LA = VYGNE = MUSRIRA ALORS = LACTE = FINIRA'
Some wear to gilding
9 in. (22.9 cm.) long
Provenance
Rothschild inv. no. AR2663.