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Small, French sailor's knife with vellum scabbard, ivory handle with silver pique, ca. 1700, made fo

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Small, French sailor's knife with vellum scabbard, ivory handle with silver pique, ca. 1700, made fo
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Small, French sailor's knife with vellum scabbard, ivory handle with silver pique, ca. 1700, made for the Eastern trade. 131.7 grams, 11" long. Wonderfully well-preserved piece with inlaid dots of silver in crosshatch design below flower and other symbols on the glossy ivory handle, the still-sharp blade (curved and pointed) with floral engraving and stamping on one side, housed in a dark-tan animal-skin sheath with stitching on one side. According to the consignor, pieces like this were made by Europeans as a kind of ambassadorial gift for Turks and other Easterners.