OLD VINTAGE ANTIQUE GUILLOCHE GOLD ENAMEL QUILL KNIFE CIGAR CUTTER PENCIL FRENCH
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:13856221 | Country/Region of Manufacture: France |
| Type: Pencil Sharpeners | Material: Gold Enamel |
| Vintage: Yes |
Stunning gold gilt desk knife, with a georgeous enamel handle. Circa 1900.
This is a beautifully made high quality enamel handled desk knife but I have to confess that I really
don't know where it was made or what it was made for!? It has a very small blade at one end and
a grooved rounded tip at the other end and I am guessing it could be a quill cutter or cigar cutter or letter
opener or for some other purpose or all of the above?
The handle is decorated wit...h white enamel with an inlaid gold quatrefoil design with tiny metallic red and green dots in the centre of the quatrefoils. The ends are unmarked but acid test for 24 carat gold which
has been plated over silver which you can just see on the highlights where the gold has worn slightly.
It measures just under 5" (125 mm) long and is in very good condition with no missing enamel and the only damage is that the very tip of the blade is missing as you can see in the photos.
Please view all the photos to assess the condition for yourselves
and I am happy to answer any of your questions.
Being offered with a very low starting price and no reserve to the highest bidder
Please take a look at my other items and I am happy to combine postage costs where possible.
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Postage to the UK - 1st class signed for mail including tracking and insurance £4.45
Postage to Europe - International signed for mail, including tracking and insurance- £8.95
Postage to the rest of the world- International signed for mail, including tracking and insurance £10.95
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I pride myself on packing my items very well and always send using tracked and signed for postage.
I also make every effort to post your items the day after I receive payment to ensure your items arrive very quickly
and they are tracked and insured as I consider this to be important on high value items.
