LINGARD PATENT SPRING-KNIFE, CIRCA 1860
Stock No. 128197
Product Information
Out of Stock
ON CONSIGNMENT -
with tapering blade retaining some stamped inscription including ‘February 9th 1850’, ricasso stamped ‘Lingard, Peacroft Sheffield, secondary blade stamped en suite,German silver fillets, mother-of-pearl scales each retained by five rivets, and embossed German silver cross-guard and pommel each decorated with scrolls and foliage, in its leather scabbard with belt loop, 13.5 cm (closed)
Please see a similar example in :
David Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 130.
A similar example sold for £4000 Hammer at auction :
https://www.olympiaauctions.com/sales/arms-armour/oa290623/view-lot/696/