Eight silver table knives, unmarked, possibly 18th century

the pistol handles with traces of the arms of the Stadtholder of Holland and with the motto HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE, and later engraved with the initial H, steel blades (8)

All unmarked and polished-up, two steel blades replaced, the arms are effaced, the handles with dents.
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