A SWEDISH ENAMELED GOLD POIGNARD KNIFE

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12.10.2023 10:00UTC -04:00
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ID 1027654
Lot 164 | A SWEDISH ENAMELED GOLD POIGNARD KNIFE
A SWEDISH ENAMELED GOLD POIGNARD KNIFE

MARK OF FRANTZ BERGS, STOCKHOLM, 1767

Of ergonomic silhouette chased with panels of scalework framed by rococo scrolls and decorated en plein in translucent blue basse-taille enamel with branched flowers and foliage, with filled handle and pointed steel blade, marked on handle and with 20K mark

7 5/8 in. (195 mm.) long

3 oz. 8 dwt. (106 gr.) gross weight





Provenance

Baron Alphonse de Rothschild (1827-1905), in Entresol, hôtel Saint-Florentin, Paris.

Baron Édouard de Rothschild (1868-1949), in Fumoir sur la cour, hôtel Saint-Florentin, Paris.

By descent to the present owners.



Literature

The Rothschild Archive, London, Inventaire après le décès de Monsieur le Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, A. Cottin Notaire, 16 October 1905, 000/1037/01 (hôtel Saint-Florentin, Entresol: 'Couteau poignard émaillé XVIe siècle, estimé la somme de huit cent francs').
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