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A PAIR OF BOW CRESTED CUTLERY HANDLES
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A PAIR OF BOW CRESTED CUTLERY HANDLES

CIRCA 1754

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A PAIR OF BOW CRESTED CUTLERY HANDLES
CIRCA 1754
Of pistol form, moulded with scrolls, swags of flowers and stiff leaves, painted with the crest of a wyvern out of an Asiatic crown and with scattered specimen flowers and with brown and gilt interlocking scrolls, the silver collars fitted with a contemporary steel two-pronged fork and a curved blade (some rubbing to enamels)
The handles 4 in. (10.8 cm.) and 3½ in. (9 cm.) long (2)
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Lot Essay

Cf. Tony Stevenson, 'A Review of Bow & Worcester Knife & Fork Hafts', E.C.C. Transactions, Vol. 13, pt. 3 (1989), pl. 187b, for the example in the British Museum.

The crest is that of the Reverend John Coxed, Doctor of Laws and Warden of New College, Oxford, who died in 1757 as Warden of Winchester College.

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