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LATE 18TH CENTURY
Details
A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED SHAGREEN SMALL CUTLERY-BOX
Late 18th century
The canted lid enclosing a velvet-lined slotted interior, with shaped escutcheon and lifting handle, on splayed paw feet, enclosing twelve dessert knives and eleven dessert forks with rose red cornelian handles, and one associated fork with onyx handle
9in. (23cm.) high, 5in. (13cm.) wide (25)
Late 18th century
The canted lid enclosing a velvet-lined slotted interior, with shaped escutcheon and lifting handle, on splayed paw feet, enclosing twelve dessert knives and eleven dessert forks with rose red cornelian handles, and one associated fork with onyx handle
9in. (23cm.) high, 5in. (13cm.) wide (25)
Provenance
Purchased from Hotspur Ltd., London, 13 February 1967 (185).