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A Rare Shakespear Sporting KnifeBy Wilkinson, Pall Mall, Circa 1890
6 April 2006, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,680 inc. premium
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By Wilkinson, Pall Mall, Circa 1890
By Wilkinson, Pall Mall, Circa 1890
With double-edged blade (minor areas of light pitting) etched 'Shakespear Knife Wilkinson, Pall Mall' within foliated scrolls enclosing 'No.1' on one side, and 'Hamon Le Strange' within a panel on the other, and chequered two-piece wooden grip of waisted oval section (minor damage), in wooden scabbard covered in brown pigskin with later spring catch, and frog-button
15.3 cm. blade
15.3 cm. blade
Footnotes
Made to the design of the noted Indian sportsman and India Army Major Henry Shakespear, author of Wild Sport Of India published in 1860








