29th Jun, 2023 12:00
The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives
596
A LOCK KNIFE J. RODGERS & SONS, NO. 6 NORFOLK STREET, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY AND FOUR FURTHER PENKNIVES
the first with folding locking blade signed on one face, rectangular ricasso with the maker’s address on one face and star and cross mark on the other, brass fillets, natural staghorn scales and German silver mounts; the second Turner & Co., with cleaver shaped blade and natural staghorn scales the third a Continental clasp knife; the fourth of military type stamped ‘GI & Co’ and with ‘AM’ crowned; the fifth George Wostenholm, with signed folding blade marked ‘I.XL’, and natural staghorn scales, the first: 13.0 cm (closed) (5)
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Sold for £380
the first with folding locking blade signed on one face, rectangular ricasso with the maker’s address on one face and star and cross mark on the other, brass fillets, natural staghorn scales and German silver mounts; the second Turner & Co., with cleaver shaped blade and natural staghorn scales the third a Continental clasp knife; the fourth of military type stamped ‘GI & Co’ and with ‘AM’ crowned; the fifth George Wostenholm, with signed folding blade marked ‘I.XL’, and natural staghorn scales, the first: 13.0 cm (closed) (5)
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
