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Lot 76
Seven Various Bowie Knives Each With White-Metal Hilt19th Century
30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £750 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistSeven Various Bowie Knives Each With White-Metal Hilt
19th Century
19th Century
The first with double-edged blade of flattened diamond section etched along one side 'Never Draw Me Without Reason Nor Sheath Me Without Honour' between scrolling foliage, the ricasso stamped 'Best Steel' on one side, hilt with flat ovoidal guard, and cutlery grip embossed on each side with a dolphin and fish amid rocailles and foliage, in its red leather scabbard with tooled gilt decoration and white-metal locket and chape, the former with frog-button; the second with single-edged blade (patches of pitting) clipped-back at the point and stamped 'Best English Cutlery' on one side of the ricasso, the hilt of similar form to the last and embossed with English roses, Scottish thistles and Irish shamrocks, in its velvet-covered scabbard (damaged) with white-metal locket; the third of similar form, the ricasso stamped with indistinct Sheffield maker's name, the grip embossed with foliage, in its tooled leather-covered scabbard with white-metal locket (worn, chape missing); the fourth with double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, the ricasso stamped 'Manson, Sheffield' on one side, flat ovoidal quillons with button terminals, and grips embossed with stylised foliage; and three others each of similar form, the last of smaller proportions, in its leather-covered scabbard with tooled borders and white-metal locket and chape (some wear and rust patination overall) (7)
The first 15 cm. blade
The first 15 cm. blade








