29th Jun, 2023 12:00
The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives
763
A MILITARY FOLDING LOCK KNIFE, S. W. SILVER & CO., CORNHILL, LONDON, CIRCA 1880-90
with folding locking blade stamped with the maker’s details at the ricasso, formed with a clipped-back point, chequered scales, German silver blade locking stud, in its leather scabbard with spring release, 22.3 cm blade
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 221.
Stephen Winkworth Silver & Co was founded in 1823 and are recorded at 66 and 67 Cornhill in 1848. They supplied clothing to the military and travellers as well as furniture and later sporting goods. By 1900 they had branches in Liverpool, Bradford, Birmingham, Sheffield, Cardiff, Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin and works at Silvertown and at Persan-Beaumont, France.
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Sold for £240
with folding locking blade stamped with the maker’s details at the ricasso, formed with a clipped-back point, chequered scales, German silver blade locking stud, in its leather scabbard with spring release, 22.3 cm blade
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 221.
Stephen Winkworth Silver & Co was founded in 1823 and are recorded at 66 and 67 Cornhill in 1848. They supplied clothing to the military and travellers as well as furniture and later sporting goods. By 1900 they had branches in Liverpool, Bradford, Birmingham, Sheffield, Cardiff, Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin and works at Silvertown and at Persan-Beaumont, France.
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
