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Travelling cutlery with carved boxwood, silver...

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Travelling cutlery with carved boxwood, silver and steel handles and chamois-colored leather scabbard. Handles depicting the allegories of Charity carrying a child, two others at her side, and Justice, blindfolded, holding scales and sword; silver fork and ferrules, steel blade with cutler's mark at the f surmounted by a quatrefoil. Case with stamped and chased decoration of profiles in medallions and early Renaissance arabesques, striations and wolf's teeth, belt loops. France, circa 1520/40 L. knife 18.2 cm - fork 14 cm ; L. total 22.7 cm (slight damage to the case)