29th Jun, 2023 12:00
The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives
769
A SILVER-MOUTED FIXED-BLADE WINGFIELD KNIFE, THORNHILL, LONDON, CHESTER 1881
with fixed blade with clipped-back point and filed back-edge, struck with the maker’s details, ‘Wingfield Knife’ and ‘VR’ divided by a crown, with four folding elements including corkscrew, button hook and awl, chequered horn scales, silver pommel and ferrule, concealed tweezers with lancet, scissors and pricker (pincers missing), in its leather scabbard with silver locket with ring (chape missing), 21.2 cm overall (the knife)
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 218.
Thornhill & Co. are recorded 1820-1912. This well-known firm exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Paris Exhibition in 1878, and the Sportsman’s Exhibition in Islington in 1882. For a full history see Culme 1987, pp. 448-9.
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Sold for £260
with fixed blade with clipped-back point and filed back-edge, struck with the maker’s details, ‘Wingfield Knife’ and ‘VR’ divided by a crown, with four folding elements including corkscrew, button hook and awl, chequered horn scales, silver pommel and ferrule, concealed tweezers with lancet, scissors and pricker (pincers missing), in its leather scabbard with silver locket with ring (chape missing), 21.2 cm overall (the knife)
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 218.
Thornhill & Co. are recorded 1820-1912. This well-known firm exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Paris Exhibition in 1878, and the Sportsman’s Exhibition in Islington in 1882. For a full history see Culme 1987, pp. 448-9.
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
