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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER-MOUNTED MAHOGANY KNIFE BOXES
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER-MOUNTED MAHOGANY KNIFE BOXES

CIRCA 1740, THE SILVER MOUNTS BEARING THE MARK OF CHRISTOPHER NICHOLLE

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER-MOUNTED MAHOGANY KNIFE BOXES
CIRCA 1740, THE SILVER MOUNTS BEARING THE MARK OF CHRISTOPHER NICHOLLE
Each with a hinged lid enclosing a fitted, green velvet-lined interior, with bail handles to the sides and scrolled escutceons and mounts bearing the motto 'FAC ET SPERA', on short claw and ball feet, the silver bearing maker's mark 'CN',
14 in. (36 cm.) high; 9¼ in. (23½ cm.) wide; 8 in. (20 cm.) deep (2)
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This pair of mahogany knife cases are of unusual bowed form, the large majority of such pieces being serpentine-fronted. The form is recorded in Robert and James Adam's designs published in Works in Architecture, 1740, pl.VIII, while a pair of Vizagapatam ivory-inlaid rosewood knife cases of the same shape, c.1760-70, are illustrated in Amin Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, London, 2001, p.194, no.43.

A similar pair of knife boxes were exhibited by J.W.Caldicott & Sons at the BADA Art Treasures Exhibition, 1932, and illustrated in the accompanying catalogue Art Treasures Exhibition 1932, fig. 129.