MAKER'S MARK UNIDENTIFIED IM IN RECTANGLE (CITROEN NO. 506), AMSTERDAM, 1777; THE POCKET-KNIFE WITH INDISTINCT MAKER'S MARK ONLY, 18TH CENTURY

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A Dutch silver travelling fork and knife and a pocket-knife
Maker's mark unidentified IM in rectangle (Citroen no. 506), Amsterdam, 1777; the pocket-knife with indistinct maker's mark only, 18th century
The travelling fork and knife each with tapering handle engraved with scrolling foliage and flowers with man on horse finial and a pocket-knife with silver pistol handle chased with rocaille, scrolls and flowers inscribed L.H.D.G. 1805, marked on handles (3)

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Lot Essay

For similar forks and knifes see: B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver 1650-1880, Amsterdam, 1987, pp. 164-165, nos. 94, 96-100, illustrated.

For a similar pocket-knife see: B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver 1650-1880, Amsterdam, 1987, p. 166, nos. 104-105, illustrated.

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