STYLUS

Corsica, France, 19th century

Steel, mother-of-pearl, bone, tortoiseshell and silver

Long. : 29.8; Long. blade: 18.2 cm

(light restoration)

Single-edged and counter-edged steel blade, thick back, rocket with four twisted silver columns garnished with bone sticks with marquetry of tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl strips, miter decorated with foliage scrolls, butterflies, birds and insects on a sandblasted background, silver ferrule animated with the same decoration.

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