DUTCH, LATE 17TH CENTURY

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A CARVED IVORY, SILVER AND STEEL-MOUNTED CUTLERY SET
DUTCH, LATE 17TH CENTURY
One ivory handle with allegorical figures of Justice and Faith; the other handle with an allegory of Charity and Hope; the former with a stamped silver ferrule terminating in a silver, two-pronged, fork, the latter with a similar silver ferrule terminating in a steel blade with stamp; very minor losses
8 7/8 and 8 5/8 in. (22.5 and 21.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The handles here depict the theological virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity, along with one of the cardinal virtues, Justice. They are extremely close to a knife and fork set in the J. Hollander Collection (see J. Van Trigt, Cutlery - From Gothic to Art Deco, The J. Hollander Collection, Antwerp, 2003, p. 78, no. 133) described as Dutch, late 17th Century. In the same collection is a single knife dated to circa 1675 with an almost identical stamp to the one on the present knife (ibid, p. 78, no. 131).

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