29th Jun, 2023 12:00
The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives
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A QUEEN VICTORIA DIAMOND JUBILEE PENKNIFE; TWO GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY CORONATION PENKNIVES; AND APPROXIMATELY SIXTY FOUR SMALL NOVELTY AND TOURIST PENKNIVES, 20TH CENTURY
the first with two folding blades, mother-of-pearl scales with jubilee inscription, in its chamois case; the second and third with portrait medallions cast in low relief on the scales; the fourth with four folding elements, inscribed ‘Explosives Kyncoh’ on one scale; the fifth a folding pencil and penknife, Joseph Rodgers & Sons, formed as a musket; the sixth inscribed New England Newspapers Supply Co., Worcester Massachusetts’; the seventh inscribed Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Brewery, Cape Hill Birmingham, and approximately sixty further small penknives, the first: 8.2 cm closed (67)
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Sold for £200
the first with two folding blades, mother-of-pearl scales with jubilee inscription, in its chamois case; the second and third with portrait medallions cast in low relief on the scales; the fourth with four folding elements, inscribed ‘Explosives Kyncoh’ on one scale; the fifth a folding pencil and penknife, Joseph Rodgers & Sons, formed as a musket; the sixth inscribed New England Newspapers Supply Co., Worcester Massachusetts’; the seventh inscribed Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Brewery, Cape Hill Birmingham, and approximately sixty further small penknives, the first: 8.2 cm closed (67)
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
