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VARIOUS DATES AND MAKERS, 1860-80
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A GROUP OF FIVE VICTORIAN SILVER AND IVORY-MOUNTED STAG AND FOX HOOF PAPER KNIVES
VARIOUS DATES AND MAKERS, 1860-80
Engraved for various hunts including the Pytchley and Curaghmore Hounds, four of dagger form with ivory blades including two Irish examples and one apparently unmarked with mother-of-pearl blade applied on either side with cut-out stag's head set with red glass eyes; also a fox-brush fly-whisk, the handle with silver plaque with inscription dated '1900'
15 in. (38 cm.) long and smaller (6)
VARIOUS DATES AND MAKERS, 1860-80
Engraved for various hunts including the Pytchley and Curaghmore Hounds, four of dagger form with ivory blades including two Irish examples and one apparently unmarked with mother-of-pearl blade applied on either side with cut-out stag's head set with red glass eyes; also a fox-brush fly-whisk, the handle with silver plaque with inscription dated '1900'
15 in. (38 cm.) long and smaller (6)
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