Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Folding Pocket

A Collection of Folding Pocket Knives and a Hallmarked Silver Figural Baby Rattle - A collection of vintage folding pocket knives and accessories, including a figural silver baby rattle. The rattle is designed in the form of a jester or Punch figure, featuring a central embossed metal body with two suspended spherical bells. The figure is fitted with a white ring at the top and a mother-of-pearl style handle at the base. The silver ferrule connecting the body to the handle bears four struck hallmarks in a horizontal row, including a maker's mark consisting of letters in a rectangular cartouche, a lion passant, an anchor for the Birmingham assay office, and a lowercase date letter. The assortment also contains several folding pocket knives: two larger multi-blade folders with off-white ribbed scales possibly made of bone, and one single-blade folder with dark figured scales possibly made of horn. Also included is a miniature multi-tool keychain knife with iridescent shell-style scales featuring a master blade and corkscrew on a metal snake-link chain, a tiny single-blade folding knife with similar iridescent scales, and a small crucifix pendant with a metal corpus mounted on a white cross. The items are presented in a small blue cardboard box with a padded cotton-wool interior.