An ivory handled steel knife and fork

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An ivory handled steel knife and fork
each carved with the figures of Adam and Eve, shown standing below the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, the silver collars incised with the owner's initials, the blade with cutler's stamp DOUVRE, the ivory handles, French, 17th century, the steel blade, fork and silver collars later associated -- 8¼in. (21cm) long, overall (2)

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