FANCY SHEFFIELD BOWIE BY MAPPIN & WEBB SHEFFIELD.

FANCY SHEFFIELD BOWIE BY MAPPIN & WEBB SHEFFIELD. You are bidding on a real show piece. This knife appears to have been made for exhibition. It is 14-1/4″ overall with a double edged blade just over 9″. As can be seen in photographs, the blade has fancy groundwork including a central fuller with 11 pairs of beveled areas either side of fuller. These beveled areas lead to fancy etched maker’s mark of “Mappin & Webb / Sheffield”. The maker’s mark is also stamped “Mappin & Webb / indiscernible ribbon / Sheffield”. Ricasso area is decorated with small beveled cuts on their edges as can be seen in photograph. Ornate silver crossguard. A bag shaped cross hatched ivory grip is fitted over crossguard. A well made brown leather scabbard with reinforced throat has intrical, well made belt loop attached that covers almost the entire knife grip. CONDITION: Blade is gray/bright with some old sharpening, especially to tip. A couple of nicks in cutting edge. There is a small gap between the ivory grip and crossguard, possibly due to shrinkage. There are several cracks in grip and an old glued repair. 4-35014 JS51 (10,000-12,000)

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
	2460	$0.00	FANCY SHEFFIELD BOWIE BY MAPPIN & WEBB SHEFFIELD. You are bidding on a real show piece. This knife appears to have been made for exhibition. It is 14-1/4″ overall with a double edged blade just over 9″. As can be seen in photographs, the blade has fancy groundwork including a central fuller with 11 pairs of beveled areas either side of fuller. These beveled areas lead to fancy etched maker’s mark of “Mappin & Webb / Sheffield”. The maker’s mark is also stamped “Mappin & Webb / indiscernible ribbon / Sheffield”. Ricasso area is decorated with small beveled cuts on their edges as can be seen in photograph. Ornate silver crossguard. A bag shaped cross hatched ivory grip is fitted over crossguard. A well made brown leather scabbard with reinforced throat has intrical, well made belt loop attached that covers almost the entire knife grip. CONDITION: Blade is gray/bright with some old sharpening, especially to tip. A couple of nicks in cutting edge. There is a small gap between the ivory grip and crossguard, possibly due to shrinkage. There are several cracks in grip and an old glued repair. 4-35014 JS51 (10,000-12,000) 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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