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An ivory handled knife and fork
the silver triple tyned fork with faceted baluster shaft, the steel pointed blade with traces of engraving and cutler's mark, the tapering cylindrical hafts profusely decorated in piqué with gold wire, silver, mother-of-pearl and other materials, the terminals modelled as snarling panther heads, possibly Italian, 17th century -- 8¼in. (21cm) long, overall
See Illustration. (2)

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