29th Jun, 2023 12:00
The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives
531
A FOLDING BOWIE KNIFE FOR THE AMERICAN MARKET, JOSEPH HOLMES, CIRCA 1870
with robust folding locking blade formed with a clipped-back point, signed ‘Jph Holmes Warranted Cutlery’ at the ricasso, German silver cross-piece (one quillon face missing), German silver pommel cast with foliage and a horse on each face, milled copper alloy fillets, mother-of-pearl scales and vacant German silver escutcheon, 15.3 cm (closed)
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 240.
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Sold for £3,200
with robust folding locking blade formed with a clipped-back point, signed ‘Jph Holmes Warranted Cutlery’ at the ricasso, German silver cross-piece (one quillon face missing), German silver pommel cast with foliage and a horse on each face, milled copper alloy fillets, mother-of-pearl scales and vacant German silver escutcheon, 15.3 cm (closed)
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 240.
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
