29th Jun, 2023 12:00
The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives
739
A FOLDING DOUBLE KNIFE, UNWIN & RODGERS, SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1880 AND A FOLDING DIRK, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
the first with two folding locking blades, each double-edged towards the point, with traces of etched decoration, on signed by the maker and the other stamped ‘anti garotte knife’ at the ricasso, German silver double quillons at each end, one inscribed ‘Joseph Fawkes’, brass fillets, horn scales and German silver escutcheon; the second with folding locking wavy blade, stamped ‘E.V.’ at the ricasso, slender iron quillons, and mother-of-pearl scales, the first: 13.2 cm (closed) (2)
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 239.
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Sold for £1,800
the first with two folding locking blades, each double-edged towards the point, with traces of etched decoration, on signed by the maker and the other stamped ‘anti garotte knife’ at the ricasso, German silver double quillons at each end, one inscribed ‘Joseph Fawkes’, brass fillets, horn scales and German silver escutcheon; the second with folding locking wavy blade, stamped ‘E.V.’ at the ricasso, slender iron quillons, and mother-of-pearl scales, the first: 13.2 cm (closed) (2)
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 239.
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
