SOLD….A capped antique mother of pearl folding fruit knife. c 1800

SOLD….A capped antique mother of pearl folding fruit knife. c 1800A Georgian folding fruit knife with engraved silver caps on the ends of the plain pearl sleeves. The silver spring cover is decorated with a stepped design. c 1800. In excellent condition no damage and with a good spring to the blade. 9cm long closed 16cm open Stock no. KB12

Cheddar Church and on the lid The Hotel Gardens

A good Tunbridge Ware tape measure with star inlaid top and turned stick ware barrel

In good condition- some patination and light pitting

The propelling pin works as it should and there is no damage

There are some losses to the trim on one box and both have some wrinkles in the prints under the glass as seen in the photos

The round papier mache box is lacquered in gold and painted with floral sprays

A Georgian folding knife with a silver blade

Size 14 - Finger aperture 14mm  ( with English thimbles the larger the number the smaller the size

A charming hand crafted set of 6 chairs and table made from gilt thread woven and bound over a structure made from pins

The cards and scorers are by Charles Goodall of London

Roughly 8 x 7 inches

14 mm width