29th Jun, 2023 12:00
The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives
528
A RARE AMERICAN BOWIE KNIFE, DUFILHO, NEW ORLEANS, LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY
with tapering single-edged blade formed with a false swage and a near full-length broad fuller on each face, recessed rectangular ricasso, thick off-set oval steel guard, turned German silver ferrule and cap pommel, and tapering hardwood grip reinforced with six slender German silver bands, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with steel mounts comprising chape with moulded terminal and locket with belt stud on the outer face, 22.5 cm blade
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 257.
Alfred H. Dufilho is recorded in Paris circa 1833-53 and New Orleans at 21 Royal Street between Customs House and Canal Streets circa 1853-1907. He worked in partnership with his brother making edged weapons for the Confederacy and surgical instruments. See Bezdek 1994, p. 408.
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Sold for £2,400
with tapering single-edged blade formed with a false swage and a near full-length broad fuller on each face, recessed rectangular ricasso, thick off-set oval steel guard, turned German silver ferrule and cap pommel, and tapering hardwood grip reinforced with six slender German silver bands, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with steel mounts comprising chape with moulded terminal and locket with belt stud on the outer face, 22.5 cm blade
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 257.
Alfred H. Dufilho is recorded in Paris circa 1833-53 and New Orleans at 21 Royal Street between Customs House and Canal Streets circa 1853-1907. He worked in partnership with his brother making edged weapons for the Confederacy and surgical instruments. See Bezdek 1994, p. 408.
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Auction: The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives, 29th Jun, 2023
