Null Suite of eight fruit knives, forged silver handles, purfling pattern, engra…

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Suite of eight fruit knives, forged silver handles, purfling pattern, engraved with the numeral "GL", silver blade. Minerve 1st title and goldsmith's hallmarks for Émile Puiforcat. Total gross weight: 338g. In a case by "Bonvais, rue Ste Catherine, 146 Bordeaux".

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Suite of eight fruit knives, forged silver handles, purfling pattern, engraved with the numeral "GL", silver blade. Minerve 1st title and goldsmith's hallmarks for Émile Puiforcat. Total gross weight: 338g. In a case by "Bonvais, rue Ste Catherine, 146 Bordeaux".

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