A SILVER-GILT PAPER KNIFE WITH BLOODSTONE HANDLE, RETAILED BY STORR & MORTIMER, CIRCA 1840

KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE

A SILVER-GILT PAPER KNIFE WITH BLOODSTONE HANDLE, RETAILED BY STORR & MORTIMER, CIRCA 1840

the flattened faceted bloodstone handle with embossed collar of scrolling and stiff foliage, the plain blade rising from applied chased flowering plants and engraved surround, in fitted burgundy-coloured morocco case, the cream-coloured velvet and silk lined interior with printed paper label: 'STORR and MORTIMER 156, New Bond S^t FACTORY 17, Harrison S^t Gray's Inn R^d'

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knife, 19.5cm., 7 5/8in. long

velvet, silk, stone