FOLDING KNIFE called Navaja - Toledo, Spain - Late 19th century

FOLDING KNIFE called Navaja

Toledo, Spain

End of the 19th century

Brass, steel, scale and bone

Long. total: 43.7 cm; Long. blade: 20.5 cm

Folding knife with slightly leafy blade in single-edged steel, ending in a point, marked “BEAUVOIR” in capital letters.

Its handle, finished in a “rattlesnake tail”, is made up of riveted pieces of brass, bones with floral and plant motifs and tortoiseshell, one inlaid with a coat of arms.

Ref. :3933

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