29th Jun, 2023 12:00
The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives
550
AN ‘ARKANSAS TOOTHPICK’ KNIFE, 20TH CENTURY
with tapering double-edged blade etched with scrolling foliage and a scroll inscribed The Patriot’s Self Defender’, rectangular ricasso stamped ‘W.A.Woolley, Sheffield’ and with tiger bust and arrow mark on the reverse, German silver guard and horn scales, in tooled and gilt leather scabbard, 25.2 cm blade
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 297.
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Sold for £350
with tapering double-edged blade etched with scrolling foliage and a scroll inscribed The Patriot’s Self Defender’, rectangular ricasso stamped ‘W.A.Woolley, Sheffield’ and with tiger bust and arrow mark on the reverse, German silver guard and horn scales, in tooled and gilt leather scabbard, 25.2 cm blade
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 297.
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
