Set of two mother-of-pearl and vermeil travel knives, decorated with rings of kissing doves, agrarian instruments, in a leather-lined morocco case with knurled decoration. One with a signed steel blade, and the other with a vermeil blade with Antoine Vital Cardeilhac hallmark. Title stamp: 2nd cock, province. Master goldsmith: Antoine Vital Cardeilhac, used from 1820 to 1851. Engraver's mark: FR. Gross weight: 77 g.

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