29th Jun, 2023 12:00
The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives
507
A RARE INDIAN DAGGER, BODRAJ, AURUNGABAD, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
with broad double-edged blade, signed rectangular ricasso, iron guard, and natural staghorn scales over milled copper alloy fillets, with five folding elements including fleam, scissors, belt hook and corkscrew and with concealed tweezers (pick missing), in its iron-mounted leather scabbard, 28.5 cm blade
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 314.
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Sold for £550
with broad double-edged blade, signed rectangular ricasso, iron guard, and natural staghorn scales over milled copper alloy fillets, with five folding elements including fleam, scissors, belt hook and corkscrew and with concealed tweezers (pick missing), in its iron-mounted leather scabbard, 28.5 cm blade
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 314.
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
