05-22-200405-22-2004
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2237Boston
May 22, 2004 10:00 AMCalender
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English-Made Bowie Knife

Sell one like this
$3,525$3,000
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2237Location: BostonDate / Time: May 22, 2004 10:00AM

Description:

English-Made Bowie Knife, c. third quarter 19th century, the clipped blade marked "Wragg and Sons, Sheffield," "California Hunting Knife," with various stamps including a steer, two dogs, a hunter on horseback, and a profile of "Old Zack," German silver lion head pommel, horn grip, German silver and leather sheath with an embossed cowboy roping a steer, (insect damage to horn grip),lg. of blade 8 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Keywords

Bowie Knife, Wragg and Sons