Fin couteau à côtes en nacre monté sans platines.... Lot n° 4

Fine mother-of-pearl ribbed knife mounted without plates. Pump release catch set into the back of the spring. Back of the blade, back of the spring tapered in foot and back of pump damascened gold, fine guilloche on the back of the mechanism. Gold rosettes, domed with cuvettes. Marked illegible. W : 23,4 cm. F : 12,5 cm. Late 18th century. France.