29th Jun, 2023 12:00
The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives
733
A CASED BOWIE KNIFE, HERBERT ROBINSON, SHEFFIELD, SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY
with broad blade formed with a clipped-back point, stamped with the maker’s name, ‘Grinder’ and an outline of a figure at a stone on one face, etched and blued ‘True Patriot’s’ and ‘Protector’ in large letters on the respective faces, signed recessed rectangular ricasso, German silver hilt shaped for the fingers including scrolling straight cross-guard and pommel, and wooden scales inset with a plaque inscribed ‘Herbert Robinson, Royal Exhibition, London’, in a lined and fitted case, 23.8 cm blade
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 292-3.
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Sold for £800
with broad blade formed with a clipped-back point, stamped with the maker’s name, ‘Grinder’ and an outline of a figure at a stone on one face, etched and blued ‘True Patriot’s’ and ‘Protector’ in large letters on the respective faces, signed recessed rectangular ricasso, German silver hilt shaped for the fingers including scrolling straight cross-guard and pommel, and wooden scales inset with a plaque inscribed ‘Herbert Robinson, Royal Exhibition, London’, in a lined and fitted case, 23.8 cm blade
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 292-3.
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
