29th Jun, 2023 12:00
The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives
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.
Auction: The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives, 29th Jun, 2023
