December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
Aarge British Felling Axe with original wooden haft, last half of the 18th century, identical in size and form to the felling axe shown to be supplied with Light 6 pounder cannon carriages of the Congreve Pattern (from notes taken off the original watercolor plan in the British Museum). Iron axe head with a British "broad arrow" ownership mark and the marker's mark in an oblong cartouche: "HAWKE" with the complete original wooden haft. Head: 11 3/8; haft: 33 3/8 in., axe lg. 11 5/8 in. PROVENANCE: This axe was found years ago by a recreational diver near Fort Erie, built around 1760 and occupied during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Purchased in 2021 from Beth Kruszka. CONDITION: Complete and very good, both head and haft were conserved and are stable.