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Geneva, Sep 22, 2021
LOT 428
Unsigned
Commemorative knife; steel, nickel silver and horn
CHF 150 - 250
EUR 150 - 250 / USD 200 - 300 / HKD 1,300 - 2,200
Commemorative knife, produced on the occasion of the inauguration of the Eiffel Tower during the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1889; folding steel blade; horn ribs pressed in the image of the monument; nickel silver bolster; on the first floor, an eyecup allows the dimensions of the building to be found.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Brand Unsigned, France, probably Tiers (Puy-de-Dôme; Auvergne)
Year 1889
Material steel, nickel silver and horn
Length L. 165 mm. (approx., open)
Weight 32.5 gr. (approx.)
Notes
This object – which evokes the monument that has embodied Paris on a global scale for more than a century – has become very rare today and is in a perfect state of preservation. Very often the eyecup is missing. The knife was most probably made in Tiers, the French cutlery capital.
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