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Details
A mid 18th century French silver mounted steel knife
with a scimitar blade and a matching two-pronged steel fork with blue and white soft paste porcelain (St.Cloud) pistol handles, circa 1745, the knife - 28.5cm long, the fork - 21cm long.
Literature:
Dawson, Aileen French Porcelain, a catalogue of the British Museum Collection, 1994 pp.20 no.20 for an illustration and details of a very similar set. (2)
with a scimitar blade and a matching two-pronged steel fork with blue and white soft paste porcelain (St.Cloud) pistol handles, circa 1745, the knife - 28.5cm long, the fork - 21cm long.
Literature:
Dawson, Aileen French Porcelain, a catalogue of the British Museum Collection, 1994 pp.20 no.20 for an illustration and details of a very similar set. (2)