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17TH AND 18TH CENTURY
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Two carved ivory knife handles and a carved bone knife handle
17th and 18th Century
One carved as a late 17th Century courtier lacking blade - the handle 8.2cm.; A fruitknife, the handle carved as three cherubs holding garlands of fruit - the handle 8cm.; The third carved with the temptation - the handle 8.5cm. (3)
17th and 18th Century
One carved as a late 17th Century courtier lacking blade - the handle 8.2cm.; A fruitknife, the handle carved as three cherubs holding garlands of fruit - the handle 8cm.; The third carved with the temptation - the handle 8.5cm. (3)
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