29th Jun, 2023 12:00

The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives

 
Lot 512
 

512

AN INDIAN BOWIE KNIFE, CIRCA 1880

with stout blade formed with a swaged spear point, iron hilt comprising oval guard, ferrule, and moulded cap pommel, and natural staghorn grip, in its steel-mounted leather-covered wooden scabbard with associated corkscrew with staghorn grip, 24.5 cm blade

Literature

David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 311.

Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Sold for £160


 

with stout blade formed with a swaged spear point, iron hilt comprising oval guard, ferrule, and moulded cap pommel, and natural staghorn grip, in its steel-mounted leather-covered wooden scabbard with associated corkscrew with staghorn grip, 24.5 cm blade

Literature

David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 311.

Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.