A NAPOLEON III SILVER-GILT AND HARDSTONE PAPER KNIFE
PARIS, CIRCA 1860, WITH THE PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARK FOR SILVER
Tapering handle inlaid with panels of bloodstone, garnets and blue gemstones, chased with scrolls and foliage, centred on one side with an oval lilac gem, the other with blank shield-shaped cartouche, the blade elaborately engraved, on one side with scrolls, stars and a radiating sunburst centred with the face of Apollo, the other with Celtic strapwork and blank shield-shaped cartouche
9½ in. (240 mm.) long
A NAPOLEON III SILVER-GILT AND HARDSTONE PAPER KNIFE
PARIS, CIRCA 1860, WITH THE PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARK FOR SILVER
Tapering handle inlaid with panels of bloodstone, garnets and blue gemstones, chased with scrolls and foliage, centred on one side with an oval lilac gem, the other with blank shield-shaped cartouche, the blade elaborately engraved, on one side with scrolls, stars and a radiating sunburst centred with the face of Apollo, the other with Celtic strapwork and blank shield-shaped cartouche
9½ in. (240 mm.) long
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