LOT 47 Six folding fruit knives with double blades
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Six folding fruit knives with silver and steel double blades, the first, French of Berge type, with tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl handles, inlaid with silver and gold, including stars and clubs, blade stamped 'HUARD A NANCY', open 20cm long, the second, also French and of Berge type, with tortoiseshell handles, blade stamped 'READ', the third, with mother-of-pearl handles and gold caps and a long blade at each end, the fourth, with mother-of-pearl handles, stamped with lion passant and duty marks (only). the fifth, with mother-of-pearl handles, in a leather case, by Charles William Fletcher & Sons Ltd., Sheffield 1917, the sixth, with mother-of-pearl handles, with three blades, two steel ones stamped 'Joseph Westby, Sheffield', by James Yeomans Cowlishall, Sheffield 1928, 15-20cm long (6) For comparison, see Simon Moore, 'Pocket Fruit Knives', 2008, pp. 30 and 31. Condition report: First - mother of pearl handle split through and repaired and filled, small nicks to steel blade, rivets differ. blades don't look in place Second - silver caps worn, blades don't look in place third - silver blade bent, gold caps rubbed through in places fifth - small steel blade rusty, nicks to silver blade, discolouration to grip sixth - both steel blades with some rust
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Cambridge Road Stansted Mountfitchet Essex CM24 8GE United Kingdom
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