Betty & Ed, 1943, Presumed Trench Art Dagger-like Decorated Letter Opener milanese Framed (as I found it):

Framed (as I found it): 11 1/8" x 8 1/4"

and one flaw in the exterior glaze original to its making (see photos)-- no real matter and otherwise it is excellent condition

I pulled this out of a box filled with pinch pots and the like

This is one I'd be especially happy to hold on to

" I might guess 1930s-40s or so

Betty & Ed, 1943, Presumed Trench Art Dagger-like Decorated Letter Opener milanese Framed (as I found it):I'm pretty certain this dagger like letter opener is a work of trench art, and one certainly made as a sweetheart gift for Betty, from Ed, in 1943. With B for Betty again on the reverse side, encircled twice in the tiny dots decorating both sides of it all over, which look to me to have been burned into the surface using a very fine point. I can never walk away from something like this, so much earnest effort and affection invested in it! Found in