June 9-10, 2017 Premier Firearms
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/10/2017
Circa 1830's. Straight back blade with 6-1/2” sharpened false edge ground mainly from one side, marked "SCHIVELY, 75 CHESNUT ST., PHILAD". One piece checkered ivory handle with nickel silver pommel, ferrule, pins, washers and S-guard. Leather sheath with incised decorations and nickel silver throat, tip and ide straps. Blade with scattered salt and pepper pitting and a few tiny nicks to edge. One crack on lower edge of handle. Sheath’s original leather surface with a couple of flakes, a couple of pins on the side straps are loose. Ex. Mike Worley collection. This example came out of England in the mid-late 1890's, having been discovered in about 1980 at an auction in Carmarthenshire, South Wales. The purchaser believed it had been sitting in a farmer’s shed for years, gathering dust.