Pair Of Knives, Silver And Mother-of-pearl, In Their Shagreen Case, Paris, 1809-1819

- Pair of travel knives in their shagreen case
- Silver, gold, mother-of-pearl, steel for the knives & shagreen and velvet for the case
- Paris, Empire Period
- Knives: Length 18.7 cm & width 1.4cm; case: 20cm by 1.2 cm
- Very good condition of the shagreen box, some stains, traces of oxidation on the steel blade, mother-of-pearl handle in good condition (a tiny pearl missing), faded velvet

- A pair of knives of travel with a silver blade for one and steel for the other. The mother-of-pearl handles ending with a decoration of palmettes and pearls. Gold ferrules. They are contained in a green shagreen case lined with red velvet.

- Hallmarks (on the silver blade): goldsmith:  JC with a key, undetermined; guarantee: a lictor's bundle, small guarantee for the money, Paris, 1809-1819.
- Ref. : [1] Bimbenet-Privat, Michèle & Fontaine, Gabriel from: “The dating of Parisian goldsmithing under the old regime”, Paris Musées, 1995; [2] Bimbenet-Privat, Doux & Gougeon: "Goldsmith of the Renaissance and modern times - The collection of the Louvre Museum", 3 vols., Faton editions, 2022