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Title Knife and fork (Sarajevo)
Nationality Bosnian
Period c 1860
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This set of cutlery was made for the first wave of European tourists to Bosnia's capital, Sarajevo, in the mid-to-late 19th century. The knife has 'Sarajevo' in silver overlay inscribed at the forte on one side, while on the other there is Islamic script, also in silver.

The grips are made of bone and are profusely inlaid with brass and copper base metal (a few of which are missing). Both knife and fork have copious silver overlay, the fork having a blued steel finish to the bolster.

Curiously enough, they do not appear in any of the cutlery books that I have in my fairly extensive library on this subject, but I believe they were made in reasonable quantity and quite often could be purchased in sets of a dozen.


If you want to comment on this item—re quality, age, etc—please email me.


[Edged Weapons : Cutlery : Bosnian : 19th Century]

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Many thanks for letting me know, can confirm it arrived this morning, safe and sound.

Marvellous piece, thanks again!

R B, UK, 10.12.2012

Wanted to let you know the items arrived today. Great job on the packing. Too often I buy very expensive and irreplaceable items from the UK and they get sent barely packed to protect them from the various postal services - appreciate you going the extra mile to insure it arrived in the shape it left. Thanks again, look forward to doing business with you in the future. Items were very nice, exactly as offered.

M M, USA, 18.03.2010

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