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UNMARKED, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
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A VICTORIAN AGATE-HANDLED SILVER-GILT PAPER KNIFE
UNMARKED, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
The cylindrical handle with leaf-chased cap topped by a turquoise bead and foliate-chased mounts, the blade engraved with a ducal coronet above twin crests, in original fitted leather box tooled in black and gold with ducal coronet and twin crests
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) long
UNMARKED, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
The cylindrical handle with leaf-chased cap topped by a turquoise bead and foliate-chased mounts, the blade engraved with a ducal coronet above twin crests, in original fitted leather box tooled in black and gold with ducal coronet and twin crests
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) long
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Please note that the crest on this paper knife is for the Duke of Marlborough.
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