ID 1027654
Lot 164 | A SWEDISH ENAMELED GOLD POIGNARD KNIFE
Estimate value
$ 7 000 – 10 000
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').
| Artist: | Frantz Bergs (1716-1799) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Enamel, Gold, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, Sweden |
| Category: | Knives |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Cutlery |
| Artist: | Frantz Bergs (1716-1799) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Enamel, Gold, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, Sweden |
| Category: | Knives |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Cutlery |
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