29th Jun, 2023 12:00
The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives
695
A SMALL DAGGER, ROBERT LINGARD, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND TWO FURTHER SMALL DAGGERS
the first with tapering double-edged blade decorated with scrolls and the inscription ‘Never Draw me without reason nor sheath me without honour’, German silver hilt comprising oval guard and integral grip cast with scrolls in low relief, in its tooled leather scabbard with German silver mounts; the second of similar form, with plain blade signed Lingard, Peacroft on the ricasso, and German silver hilt cast with scrolls; and the third with leaf-shaped blade signed Southern and Richardson, Sheffield, cast German silver hilt, and associated scabbard, the first: 15.4 cm blade (3)
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 290.
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 tapering double-edged blade decorated with scrolls and the inscription ‘Never Draw me without reason nor sheath me without honour’, German silver hilt comprising oval guard and integral grip cast with scrolls in low relief, in its tooled leather scabbard with German silver mounts; the second of similar form, with plain blade signed Lingard, Peacroft on the ricasso, and German silver hilt cast with scrolls; and the third with leaf-shaped blade signed Southern and Richardson, Sheffield, cast German silver hilt, and associated scabbard, the first: 15.4 cm blade (3)
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 290.
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
