6th Dec, 2023 11:00
Arms, Armour & Militaria
235
A MASSIVE BOWIE KNIFE, WADE & BUTCHER, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FOR EXHBITION
with broad heavy blade double-edged at the point, signed in block capitals beneath the back-edge on one face, recessed rectangular ricasso marked ‘XCD’, off-set German silver oval guard, pistol grip hilt with milled copper alloy fillets and natural staghorn scales retained by four rivets, in a leather scabbard, perhaps its original, with belt loop, 47.0 cm blade
Provenance
David Hayden-Wright (1936-2006)
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 286.
Sold for £1,600
with broad heavy blade double-edged at the point, signed in block capitals beneath the back-edge on one face, recessed rectangular ricasso marked ‘XCD’, off-set German silver oval guard, pistol grip hilt with milled copper alloy fillets and natural staghorn scales retained by four rivets, in a leather scabbard, perhaps its original, with belt loop, 47.0 cm blade
Provenance
David Hayden-Wright (1936-2006)
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 286.
Auction: Arms, Armour & Militaria, 6th Dec, 2023
