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A Fine Silver-Mounted Hunting Knife Of Exhibition Quality
By Joseph Rodgers & Sons, 6 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, Late 19th Century

Antique Arms and Armour
30 April 2014, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£3,000 - £4,000

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A Fine Silver-Mounted Hunting Knife Of Exhibition Quality
By Joseph Rodgers & Sons, 6 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, Late 19th Century

With broad brightly burnished blade double-edged at the point of flattened diamond section and stamped on one side with maker's marks and name and address, the back cut with a series of diagonal flutes above a single fuller along each side, hilt comprising guard cast and chased with acanthus forming rounded quillons, domed pommel-cap cast with gadrooning above a raised border of beadwork and surmounted by a threaded button (some wear), the latter engraved with a floret, and natural staghorn grip, in original wooden scabbard covered in black leather with tooled line borders and shaped border engraved locket and chape each decorated with foliage, the former with diagonally fluted belt hook on one side, and in fine condition overall
36.5 cm. blade, 53 cm. overall

Footnotes

For an almost identical example see Abel Domenech, Exhibition Knives, Joseph Rodgers & Sons, The Samuel Setian Collection, 1999, pp. 110-111

Cf. another example in less fine condition sold at Christie's East, New York, The Gaines De Graffenfriend Family Collection Of Texas, 19 June 2001, lot 65 ($9,988 including premium)

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.
THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.