A brass handled knife and fork

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A brass handled knife and fork
the hafts cast as bagpipe players, each shown standing with a skull at their feet, one modelled with a tree stump at his back, the other with a hound, the fork with replaced silver gilt wrythen stem, twin tynes and ferrule, the knife with wrought iron blade, English, 17th century, the knife -- 8 1/8in. (20.7cm) long
See Illustration. (2)

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
R. Beard, The Richborough Bagpiper, The Connoisseur, August 1937. PP.80-82.

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