Pair of steel knives with ivory handles in a shagreen case

An image of Cutlery/Pair of knives and case. Unknown handle maker and case maker. Unidentified cutler. Object probably either German or English. Ivory, silver, enamel and steel, shagreen and white metal; each knife has a steel tapering blade and ivory handle of circular section with silver ferrule and terminal cap. Both ivory handles are inscribed and decorated with scrolls and tulips in inlaid silver wires and red enamel . Knife A is inscribed 'AN: GOTTES: SE / EN: IST: ALLES' and knife B is inscribed 'GELEGEN / ANNO: 1674'. The case (C) is of wood covered with unpolished pearl ray shagreen with a white metal mount to the tip. It has a pull-off lid, is of lobed oval section and tapers to a point. Length, knife A, 13.5 cm, length, knife B, 13.3 cm, length, case, 17.3 cm, circa 1674. English.

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Cutlery/Pair of knives and case. Unknown handle maker and case maker. Unidentified cutler. Object probably either German or English. Ivory, silver, enamel and steel, shagreen and white metal; each knife has a steel tapering blade and ivory handle of circular section with silver ferrule and terminal cap. Both ivory handles are inscribed and decorated with scrolls and tulips in inlaid silver wires and red enamel . Knife A is inscribed 'AN: GOTTES: SE / EN: IST: ALLES' and knife B is inscribed 'GELEGEN / ANNO: 1674'. The case (C) is of wood covered with unpolished pearl ray shagreen with a white metal mount to the tip. It has a pull-off lid, is of lobed oval section and tapers to a point. Length, knife A, 13.5 cm, length, knife B, 13.3 cm, length, case, 17.3 cm, circa 1674. English.

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Accession Number: M.51A-C-1930
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 554 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 115.83kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1

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