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A SILVER-HANDLED CARVING-KNIFE AND A SILVER FISH-SLICE
the former Hoorn, maker's mark AH conjoined, unrecorded, perhaps 1742, the latter with maker's mark of Johannes van der Toorn, 1769
The knife with tapering octagonal handle engraved with female figures, flowers, foliage and C-scrolls, the domed terminal engraved with intitials K.H.B; the fish-slice pierced to the blade with a band of foliage surrounding slats and with shaped rising side and reeded fiddle pattern reeded handle - the fish-slice 32.5cm long (130gr)
the former Hoorn, maker's mark AH conjoined, unrecorded, perhaps 1742, the latter with maker's mark of Johannes van der Toorn, 1769
The knife with tapering octagonal handle engraved with female figures, flowers, foliage and C-scrolls, the domed terminal engraved with intitials K.H.B; the fish-slice pierced to the blade with a band of foliage surrounding slats and with shaped rising side and reeded fiddle pattern reeded handle - the fish-slice 32.5cm long (130gr)