Description
Important hunting knife. Ebony handle inlaid with leafy urns (chips), enriched with silver baguettes, engraved on the edges. Embossed silver guard with rocaille decoration and double silver chain. Strong, flat-backed, straight blade engraved "Peton Md fourbisseur à la tête noire rue des Carmes au coin de celle d'aumône à Rouen", counter-edged, hollow sides engraved with Cassaignard motifs. Brown leather scabbard with three embossed silver fittings (period repair to the bolt). A.B.E. circa 1760. Le Peton or Le Petin, harquebusier in Rouen between 1760 and 1790.
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