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CIRCA 1750-54
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TWO BOW BLUE AND WHITE KNIFE-HANDLES
CIRCA 1750-54
Of pistol form, moulded with scrolls, flower-swags and stiff leaves, one painted in a bright blue, the other in an inky-blue with flowersprays and scrolls, with silver collars fitted with curved steel blades, one stamped GIBBS (the second with small crack and chipping to raised scrolls)
The handles 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) and 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) long (2)
CIRCA 1750-54
Of pistol form, moulded with scrolls, flower-swags and stiff leaves, one painted in a bright blue, the other in an inky-blue with flowersprays and scrolls, with silver collars fitted with curved steel blades, one stamped GIBBS (the second with small crack and chipping to raised scrolls)
The handles 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) and 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) long (2)
Exhibited
Fenichell Basmajian, New York, 1-15 November 2001, nos. 13 and 14.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium