Six Silver-handled Knives and Six Forks, Probably Flemish, circa 1700

the handles modeled as sleeved arms issuing from dolphin's mouths, the knives with steel blades with scimitar cutler's mark, the forks with two elongated tines, fitted case 19th century, unmarked except for later control marks

three with slightly separasting handles but secure, case with losses to fabric and hinges
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Similar handles appear in Klaus Marquardt Collection Catalogue, Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks and Spoons, items 335-337, described as Netherlands, end of the 17th century, however the same catalogue shows a similar cutler's mark on the blade of a mother-of-pear-handled knife described as Hungary, 18th century, item 365A.