SILVER-MOUNTED BLACKJACK, 18TH CENTURY WITH LATER SILVER MOUNTS

The lip-mount engraved with a hunting scene, the front mounted with a relief of a king on horseback below the embossed initial L, the base struck twice and the lip once with 17th Century style maker's marks.

Jonathan Trace, New York, 2000.

wear and small splits to leather, otherwise good
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