Lot 170 , Two Chantilly porcelain pistol handled knives, c.1735-45, 21,7cm, cracked

Two Chantilly porcelain pistol handled knives, c.1735-45, each moulded in relief and polychrome enamelled with flowering branches, steel blades, 21,7cm, cracked
Estimate £100-150

Both handles are badly cracked at the ferrule end and there is wear to the glaze and enamels on the moulded decoration. The later blades are rusty.


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Sold for £95