29th Jun, 2023 12:00
The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives
564
A SMALL AXE, NORRIS, WINDSOR, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
with curved axe-blade formed with a sharp leading edge, struck with the maker’s details and ‘GR’ crowned (rubbed) moulded rear pean with chequered face, iron haft with moulded neck and basal terminal, incorporating a long signed folding saw-blade, and grips formed of four staghorn panels divided by a moulded iron collar, 33.5 cm
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 61.
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Sold for £600
with curved axe-blade formed with a sharp leading edge, struck with the maker’s details and ‘GR’ crowned (rubbed) moulded rear pean with chequered face, iron haft with moulded neck and basal terminal, incorporating a long signed folding saw-blade, and grips formed of four staghorn panels divided by a moulded iron collar, 33.5 cm
Literature
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 61.
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
