A Belle Epoque silver paper knife
A Belle Epoque silver paper knife
Curved blade with pierced foliate decor and two small gold plaques. The handle designed as a faun holding a rose in his left hand and a shell with a Baroque pearl in his right. The body formed from a bizarrely shaped natural pearl. Unmarked. L 25 cm, H of the large pearl ca. 30, W 24, D 21 mm, total weight 154 g.
Presumably French, late 19th C.
Certificate
Swiss Gemological Institute SSEF: confirming that the large pearl is a hollow natural pearl.
Literature
For more on the use of natural pearls in silverware cf. cat.. Macht & Pracht, Europas Glanz im 19. Jahrhundert, Annweiler 2006, p. 142 f.
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A Belle Epoque silver paper knife
Curved blade with pierced foliate decor and two small gold plaques. The handle designed as a faun holding a rose in his left hand and a shell with a Baroque pearl in his right. The body formed from a bizarrely shaped natural pearl. Unmarked. L 25 cm, H of the large pearl ca. 30, W 24, D 21 mm, total weight 154 g.
Presumably French, late 19th C.
Certificate
Swiss Gemological Institute SSEF: confirming that the large pearl is a hollow natural pearl.
Literature
For more on the use of natural pearls in silverware cf. cat.. Macht & Pracht, Europas Glanz im 19. Jahrhundert, Annweiler 2006, p. 142 f.
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