Knife closing with forced notch on square heel and thinned s - Lot 35

Lot n° 35
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1500 - 2000 EUR
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Result : 12 065EUR
Knife closing with forced notch on square heel and thinned s - Lot 35
Knife closing with forced notch on square heel and thinned spring. Steel blade damascened with silver, punched with a crowned star and preceded by the punch of the jurand of "CAEN". Straight silver filleted head bolsters. Green lacquer ribs held in overflow by the silver plates. The lacquer is cast around silver motifs, chips and mother-of-pearl pastilles. Our cutler is also a goldsmith and a master in his art, the silver motifs are on one side; the mounting of a mother-of-pearl escutcheon furnished with a motto "No rose without a thorn", two linked quivers, an angel standing in a tree, looking up at two birds in a beak, just below a dog wearing a collar is lying down, it seems to be watching the scene. At the bottom, another bird is perched looking at a couple of lovers. On the other side, another silver mounting of a mother of pearl crest furnished with another motto "One is enough for me". Underneath, an angel standing under a canopy holding a heart in his left hand. At the foot, a bird is watching one of its fellow birds join its cage held by a lady, a man seems to be guiding it... No missing parts. W : 22,1 cm. F : 12 cm. Middle of the 18th century. Normandy, FRANCE
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