Lot n° 136
Estimation :
200 - 300
EUR
Gilt-edged knife or paper cutter. - Lot 136
Gilt-edged knife or paper cutter.
Handle decorated with stylized antique women, swans, foliage, palmettes and lion heads.
Coat of arms of Pauline Borghese.
Marked with a cock, 1st title: 1798-1809.
Middle guarantee hallmark for Paris.
Right ear" hallmark for Paris 1809-1819.
Master goldsmith's hallmark: Martin-Guillaume BIENNAIS (hallmark with B surmounted by a monkey), supplier to Napoleon I.
This knife was part of the Borghese service, numbering over 1,800 pieces and ordered mainly from Biennais.
Length: 20 cm
Weight: 59.2 grams
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