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Originally Posted by Tim Simmons
It is a splendid item with beautiful silver work but I am still feeling the it is 20th century and possibly not the first quarter however undeniably lovely.
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I can understand your feeling. It seems possible to me, that the fittings as old as the blade (ca. 1800) but my first feeling would be a later date of production, too. Maybe later british colonial era (ca. 1900).