7th May, 2014 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria: The John Woodman Higgins Armoury Collection
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A LARGE SPANISH FOLDING KNIFE (NAVAJA)
A LARGE SPANISH FOLDING KNIFE (NAVAJA), 19TH CENTURY
with tapering blade formed with a clipped-back point, impressed with a series of alternating flowerheads and sprays of foliage inlaid with red pigment along three quarters of the length of one side, the back-edge reinforced with brass, and blackened wooden body with moulded steel terminals
94 cm; 37 in blade
Provenance
Fred Spanierman, 9 September 1941
JWHA Inv. No. 2629
Sold for £650
A LARGE SPANISH FOLDING KNIFE (NAVAJA), 19TH CENTURY
with tapering blade formed with a clipped-back point, impressed with a series of alternating flowerheads and sprays of foliage inlaid with red pigment along three quarters of the length of one side, the back-edge reinforced with brass, and blackened wooden body with moulded steel terminals
94 cm; 37 in blade
Provenance
Fred Spanierman, 9 September 1941
JWHA Inv. No. 2629
