29th Jun, 2023 12:00

The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives

 
Lot 735
 

735

A FOLDING KNIFE, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY JOHN SELLERS & SONS

with folding blade formed with a clipped point and finely filed back-edge, struck with the maker’s mark, the letters ‘SS’ enclosed by four daggers at the ricasso, spring back filed en suite, German silver fillets, mother-of-pearl scales and each side with three finely engraved German silver plaques decorated with scrolling foliage, 21.7 cm (closed)

Literature

David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 89.

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

Sold for £600


 

with folding blade formed with a clipped point and finely filed back-edge, struck with the maker’s mark, the letters ‘SS’ enclosed by four daggers at the ricasso, spring back filed en suite, German silver fillets, mother-of-pearl scales and each side with three finely engraved German silver plaques decorated with scrolling foliage, 21.7 cm (closed)

Literature

David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 89.

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