An Ivory Handled Knife Dated ‘1638’ and Initialled ‘C S’
An Ivory Handled Knife Dated ‘1638’ and Initialled ‘C S’
Engraved with a depiction of St Matthias and to the opposing side a figure of an elegant Gentleman holding aloft a ‘Goblet’
Steel, gilt, ivory
France
1638
SIZE: 22cm long - 8⁵⁄₈ ins long
Engraved with a depiction of St Matthias and to the opposing side a figure of an elegant Gentleman holding aloft a ‘Goblet’
Steel, gilt, ivory
France
1638
SIZE: 22cm long - 8⁵⁄₈ ins long
An Ivory Handled Knife Dated ‘1638’ and Initialled ‘C S’
Engraved with a depiction of St Matthias and to the opposing side a figure of an elegant Gentleman holding aloft a ‘Goblet’
Steel, gilt, ivory
France
1638
SIZE: 22cm long - 8⁵⁄₈ ins long
Engraved with a depiction of St Matthias and to the opposing side a figure of an elegant Gentleman holding aloft a ‘Goblet’
Steel, gilt, ivory
France
1638
SIZE: 22cm long - 8⁵⁄₈ ins long
Ex Private English collection
SEE: For a similar knife, no. 173, Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks, and Spoons, an Art Collection; Klaus Marquardt, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 1997, from the first half of the 17th Century
SEE: For a similar knife, no. 173, Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks, and Spoons, an Art Collection; Klaus Marquardt, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 1997, from the first half of the 17th Century
An Ivory Handled Knife Dated ‘1638’ and Initialled ‘C S’
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