29th Jun, 2023 12:00
The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives
711
A FINE BARREL KNIFE FOR DISPLAY, JOHN NOWILL & SONS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
with four groups of nine differing folding blades at each end (small chips and losses), milled copper alloy fillets, engraved mother-of-pearl scales, and silver top terminal, on a wooden stand with blue velvet covered base and glass dome cover, perhaps the original, the knife: 10.5 cm (closed)
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 76.
J. Nowill & Sons won a prize medal at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 for ‘…..a display of cutlery comprising…..pocket knives, Indian hunting knives…..and an ‘assortment of knives for the Levant’. The firm had considerable export business with outlets in Turkey, Greece and Egypt.
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Sold for £4,200
with four groups of nine differing folding blades at each end (small chips and losses), milled copper alloy fillets, engraved mother-of-pearl scales, and silver top terminal, on a wooden stand with blue velvet covered base and glass dome cover, perhaps the original, the knife: 10.5 cm (closed)
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 76.
J. Nowill & Sons won a prize medal at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 for ‘…..a display of cutlery comprising…..pocket knives, Indian hunting knives…..and an ‘assortment of knives for the Levant’. The firm had considerable export business with outlets in Turkey, Greece and Egypt.
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
