EARLY AMERICAN BOWIE KNIFE BY HARRINGTON, WORCESTER, MASS.

EARLY AMERICAN BOWIE KNIFE BY HARRINGTON, WORCESTER, MASS. “Town.Harrington & Co Cutlers / Worcester, Mass / Warranted” is marked on blade in small dies about 2″ from ricasso. The only listing I can find for Harrington is in Harold Peterson’s book “American Knives”. He mentions a Henry Harrington in Worcester making butcher knives around 1819. He also mentions John Harrington Company of Southbridge, Mass who specialized in table cutlery. Regardless, this knife is made with surgical precision. The blade is over 10″ long and almost 1-1/2″ wide. The blade is almost 5/16″ wide at its thickest but quickly narrows to 3/16″. There is a 6″ narrow fuller cut below beveled spine which leads to a 3″ clip point. The grip is coffin shaped ebony with German silver crossguard with reeded edge. German silver pinned buttcap and ferrule. Scabbard throat is matching German silver with German silver frog button. Leather scabbard is missing its tip. The ebony grips are decorated with an interesting array of MOP inlays as can be seen in photos. CONDITION: Blade is mostly bright with areas of pitting, especially last 2″ of tip where blade was unprotected because of broken end of scabbard. Scabbard is solid with original finish with areas of scuffing. German silver throat is loose. As stated above, tip is missing. There are several hairline cracks through grips. MOP insets protrude slightly above plain of wood. 4-35022 JS47 (15,000-20,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2456	$0.00	EARLY AMERICAN BOWIE KNIFE BY HARRINGTON, WORCESTER, MASS. “Town.Harrington & Co Cutlers / Worcester, Mass / Warranted” is marked on blade in small dies about 2″ from ricasso. The only listing I can find for Harrington is in Harold Peterson’s book “American Knives”. He mentions a Henry Harrington in Worcester making butcher knives around 1819. He also mentions John Harrington Company of Southbridge, Mass who specialized in table cutlery. Regardless, this knife is made with surgical precision. The blade is over 10″ long and almost 1-1/2″ wide. The blade is almost 5/16″ wide at its thickest but quickly narrows to 3/16″. There is a 6″ narrow fuller cut below beveled spine which leads to a 3″ clip point. The grip is coffin shaped ebony with German silver crossguard with reeded edge. German silver pinned buttcap and ferrule. Scabbard throat is matching German silver with German silver frog button. Leather scabbard is missing its tip. The ebony grips are decorated with an interesting array of MOP inlays as can be seen in photos. CONDITION: Blade is mostly bright with areas of pitting, especially last 2″ of tip where blade was unprotected because of broken end of scabbard. Scabbard is solid with original finish with areas of scuffing. German silver throat is loose. As stated above, tip is missing. There are several hairline cracks through grips. MOP insets protrude slightly above plain of wood. 4-35022 JS47 (15,000-20,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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