A group of seven knives and forks, various origins and dates

comprising: a gilt-metal and enamel knife and fork, the handles enamelled in blue and white on a gilt ground in grotesque style, griffin head terminals, steel blade and two prongs ; two  paper knives with carved coral handles and silver-gilt blades, the handles possibly Chinese, probably 18th century; a jewelled silver filigree and silver-gilt desk knife in cinquecento taste, Thurston Cook, London, 1841 ; two porcelain-handled knives, one with gilt-metal blade, the other with silver-gilt blade, maker's mark WN, London, 1838; and an ivory handle, carved with putti, mid 19th century

First item: Manuscript Catalogue of Miniatures and Objects of Art, n.d., p. 21, ‘Acquired by Robert Earl of Crewe’; second item: idem, p. 23, ‘Crewe collection’; third item: idem, p. 24, ‘Crewe collection’; fourth item, idem, p. 24 'Crewe collection'.

the first with some wear to enamel, otherwise good condition
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