29th Jun, 2023 12:00

The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives

 
Lot 716
 

716

A BOWIE KNIFE, G. & J. OXLEY, SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1880

with single-edged blade formed with a clipped-back point, signed on a scroll and inscribed ‘Texas Ranger’s Knife’, signed recessed rectangular ricasso, pewter hilt cast in one piece including integral guard and pistol grip decorated with scrolls, in a tooled and gilt leather scabbard, perhaps the original, with German silver mounts, 21.7 cm blade

Literature

David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 288.

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

Sold for £880


 

with single-edged blade formed with a clipped-back point, signed on a scroll and inscribed ‘Texas Ranger’s Knife’, signed recessed rectangular ricasso, pewter hilt cast in one piece including integral guard and pistol grip decorated with scrolls, in a tooled and gilt leather scabbard, perhaps the original, with German silver mounts, 21.7 cm blade

Literature

David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 288.

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