A MASSIVE BOWIE KNIFE, SIMPSON, 55 STRAND, LONDON, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY

A MASSIVE BOWIE KNIFE, SIMPSON, 55 STRAND, LONDON, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY with heavy single-edged blade formed with a clipped-back point, rounded back-edge and a right angular groove at the forte on each face, rectangular ricasso stamped with the crowned maker’s details on one face, iron cross-guard with bevelled edges, cap pommel en suite, and natural staghorn scales, in its fishskin-covered wooden scabbard with German silver locket and chape with shaped borders, the former with a button for a frog, 29.0 cm blade Literature David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 275. Henry Simpson is recorded at 55 Strand London around 1863. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.