"Stylus - Corsica, France - XIXth Century"
StylusCorsica, France, 19th century
Steel, mother-of-pearl, bone, tortoiseshell and silver
Length : 29,8 ; Blade length : 18,2 cm
(slight restoration)
Steel blade with one edge and counter-edge, thick back, spindle with four twisted silver columns decorated with bone strips inlaid with strips of tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl, bolster decorated with foliage, butterflies, birds and insects on a sandblasted background, silver ferrule with the same decoration.
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
Ref : 3009
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