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A PAIR OF DUTCH WHITE-METAL MOUNTED SHAGREEN NECESSAIRES
Each with a green tapering oval case with hinged lid, one with a fitted interior containing mathematical instruments and with an oval medallion to the top of the lid, the other containing three forks and three knives, each with the handle surmounted by a beast, four handles engraved with biblical scenes within medallions surrounded by scrolling foliage, and with the lid engraved with a Dutch landscape, some mathematical instruments lacking, others replaced, the ruler stamped A.WEST & PARTNERS 36 BROADWAY.WESTMINSTER, one knife engraved MEIKE FOLCKERS, another M P O, one fork stamped HO, another stamped with a fleur-de-lys surmounted by a coronet, three with a Dutch tax-mark
7in. (17.5cm.) long (2)
Each with a green tapering oval case with hinged lid, one with a fitted interior containing mathematical instruments and with an oval medallion to the top of the lid, the other containing three forks and three knives, each with the handle surmounted by a beast, four handles engraved with biblical scenes within medallions surrounded by scrolling foliage, and with the lid engraved with a Dutch landscape, some mathematical instruments lacking, others replaced, the ruler stamped A.WEST & PARTNERS 36 BROADWAY.WESTMINSTER, one knife engraved MEIKE FOLCKERS, another M P O, one fork stamped HO, another stamped with a fleur-de-lys surmounted by a coronet, three with a Dutch tax-mark
7in. (17.5cm.) long (2)