A GOLD-MOUNTED SARDONYX AND BLOODSTONE PAPER KNIFE AND BOOKMARK
BY BOLIN, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF VASILII FINIKOV, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Shaped as a tapering paper knife, with matt yellow gold blade, the twisted gold handle set with a spinning bloodstone and sardonyx seal, engraved with a cypher 'MH' beneath an Imperial Belgian crown for Marie-Henriette, Queen Consort of Belgium (1836-1902), marked on blade; in the original silk and velvet-lined leather case stamped in Russian 'K.E. Bolin’ beneath the Imperial warrant
4 7/8 in. (12.3 cm.) long
A GOLD-MOUNTED SARDONYX AND BLOODSTONE PAPER KNIFE AND BOOKMARK
BY BOLIN, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF VASILII FINIKOV, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Shaped as a tapering paper knife, with matt yellow gold blade, the twisted gold handle set with a spinning bloodstone and sardonyx seal, engraved with a cypher 'MH' beneath an Imperial Belgian crown for Marie-Henriette, Queen Consort of Belgium (1836-1902), marked on blade; in the original silk and velvet-lined leather case stamped in Russian 'K.E. Bolin’ beneath the Imperial warrant
4 7/8 in. (12.3 cm.) long
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