IVORY HANDLED CLIP POINT BOWIE KNIFE BYBENGLISH & HUBERS, PHILADELPHIA.

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/10/2017

Circa 1835-1838. Relief ground clip point blade with sharpened false edge, marked "J. ENGLISH & HUBERS (reverse) SHEFFIELD WORKS, 2". Waisted ivory handle with nickel silver ferrule and pommel, escutcheons and raised studs on both sides, turned iron ball-end guard. Leather sheath with incised decorations, nickel silver mounts, frog stud decorated with boar’s head. Blade with nearly full original polish, only light spotting and sharpening, ferrule a bit loose, minor age checking to handle. Ex. W.R. Williamson, Hank Lesch, Mike Worley collections. Publications: Butterfield & Butterfield “The William R. Williamson Bowie Knife Collection”, sale #6552 (1997), pp.66-67 in earlier articles? Joseph English and H. & F.A. Huber, Philadelphia, PA One of the, if not the finest English &?Hubers Bowie known. This classic design, its handle perhaps inspired by the early coffin-handle bowies, serves as the logo for the Antique Bowie Knife Association.

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Blade Length

10"

Overall Length

15 - 3/4"

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