A TURKISH SILVER-MOUNTED KNIFE AND FORK, the former with watered slightly curved single-edged blade, the latter with silver-gilt two-pronged fork, each with beaked hilt entirely encased in silver embossed and chased with trophies of arms, rococo ornament, flowerheads and foliage, all in relief, and with silver-gilt collars chased with a scale-pattern and foliage, in wooden scabbard entirely encased in silver-gilt overlaid with silver filigree, filigree ball-terminal (slightly bent), and silver suspension mount, the fork and scabbard with French silver marks, 19th Century

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A TURKISH SILVER-MOUNTED KNIFE AND FORK, the former with watered slightly curved single-edged blade, the latter with silver-gilt two-pronged fork, each with beaked hilt entirely encased in silver embossed and chased with trophies of arms, rococo ornament, flowerheads and foliage, all in relief, and with silver-gilt collars chased with a scale-pattern and foliage, in wooden scabbard entirely encased in silver-gilt overlaid with silver filigree, filigree ball-terminal (slightly bent), and silver suspension mount, the fork and scabbard with French silver marks, 19th Century
15½in.

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