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Material: Mother-of-Pearl
Silver-gilt dessert knives mother-of-pearl handles, 19th, Cardeilhac, set of 24
By Cardeilhac
Located in Paris, FR
Superb set of 24 fruit, dessert, cheese, or hors d’oeuvre knives, crafted by Maison Cardeilhac, founded in 1804. This set, dating from the first half of the 19th century, showcases e...
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19th Century French Antique Mother-of-Pearl Knife Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Vermeil
Southeast Asian Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Dha Sword
Located in Astoria, NY
Southeast Asian Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Black Lacquered Dha Sword, possibly Thai or Cambodian, early 20th century, with ornate sheath atop a sword stand with bracket feet and scroll f...
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Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Mother-of-Pearl Knife Boxes
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German Stainless Steel Knife Fork Carving Set Mother of Pearl Handles, Set of 3
Located in New York, NY
A fine stainless steel German carving set with mother of pearl handles, from Carl Wolfertz & Sohne, circa 20th century, Solingen, Germany. Set includes carving knife, fork, and sharpening steel...
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20th Century German Mother-of-Pearl Knife Boxes
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pair of Japanese Lacquer and Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Knife Urns, circa 1800-1815
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A rare pair of Kyoto-Nagasaki style lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlaid knife urns
Edo period, early 19th century
Measures: Height 71 x diameter 30 cm
?Formed as urns with vertically lifting covers and elongated finials, revealing fitted green velvet lined interiors for knives, decorated overall with birds, flowering stems, faux-fluting and oval panels with landscapes. The square plinth is raised on four bracket feet. Inside the lifting cover of one of the urns are Japanese characters, supposedly indications of some code by the craftsman.
A closely related knife urn, now in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem (inv. E 73115), was acquired in Nagasaki by Captain Samuel Gardner Derby of the Margareth of Salem in 1801. Captain Gardner Derby traded in Nagasaki under charter from the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie), the Dutch East India Company. Between 1797 and 1814 Holland was occupied by the French and from 1811 until 1816 Java by
the English. During these periods practically no Dutch shipping was possible between Holland and Batavia (Jakarta) or between Batavia (Jakarta) and Nagasaki. To maintain a minimum amount of shipping between Batavia (Jakarta) and Nagasaki, between 1797 and 1807, the VOC chartered mainly American ships. American captains and officers ordered and bought mainly lacquered furniture in an American-English style, completely different from what the Dutch up till then had ordered. The present knife urns were possibly also ordered and acquired by Captain Gardner Derby during his stay in Deshima/Nagasaki in 1801.
Another similarly neoclassical shaped knife urn in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum Oxford (inv. 1996.17) appears to be signed by woodworker Kiyotomo koreo tsukuru (Kiyomoto made this). The same name, together with an address in the Sanjo-Teramachi District of Kyoto, has been found inside a fragmentary urn in a private collection. This is an indication that European-style furniture was not only lacquered in Japan but made there as well. This undoubtedly is not only true for knife-urns, but all European- style furniture lacquered in Japan after circa 1800 was made by Japanese furniture makers...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Mother-of-Pearl Knife Boxes
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Brass
19th Century Pair of Knife Boxes With Mother of Pearl
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A most unusual pair of knife boxes. Beautiful decoration.
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19th Century British Antique Mother-of-Pearl Knife Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Paint
Set of knives with mother-of-pearl. Cardeilhac for Christofle, France 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
Set of knives, twelve cutting and twelve fruit knives, steel blades, marked by the silversmith Ernest Cardeilhac who joined the Maison Christofle in 1951. The handles are made of a s...
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Mid-20th Century French Mother-of-Pearl Knife Boxes
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Silver
Victorian Gold and Mother of Pearl Handled Butter Knife
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English 9-carat yellow gold and mother of pearl handled butter knife, boxed, an addition to our diverse flatware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian 9-karat gold butter knife has a sabre style knife blade, with a broad incurved shaped form.
The anterior face of the concave curved blade is ornamented with a segmented panel of impressive bright cut engraved foliate ornamentation, all on a matte background.
The reverse surface of the blade is plain, apart from the feature hallmarks.
This antique knife retains the original, fine and impressive carved mother of pearl handle...
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1890s English Victorian Antique Mother-of-Pearl Knife Boxes
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Gold
Cutery Service of 36 Knives in Original Box Art Deco
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This cutlery set is made up of 36 knives with ribbed mother-of-pearl handles and silver ferrules:
12 table knives with mother-of-pearl handles, silver ferrule, stainless steel t...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Mother-of-Pearl Knife Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
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