Lot 084 - Vintage Bowie-Style Fighting Knife with Stacked Leather Grip, Brass Crossguard and Pommel, and Leather Sheath, 15" L

Lot 084 - Vintage Bowie-Style Fighting Knife with Stacked Leather Grip, Brass Crossguard and Pommel, and Leather Sheath, 15" LVintage bowie style fighting knife with a stacked leather grip, brass S curved crossguard, and brass pommel with a lanyard hole. The knife is accompanied by a leather sheath with lace stitching along the edges. The leather grip wrap shows separation and wear near the crossguard. The blade has patina and surface oxidation throughout. The brass crossguard and pommel show patina and verdigris. The leather sheath shows wear and scuffing across its surface.

36" L each not including fringe

states the hospital is preparing to receive back its civil patients

The 1919 volume features a cover illustration of children playing in hay and is published by The Page Company

The lid features a distinctive graphic of a hand with anthropomorphic pigs depicted on each finger

Stearns & Co

The third is a rectangular container with colorful geometric patterning in red and black

and iconography consistent with mid-20th century Hutschenreuther “Kunstabteilung” output

depicting destroyed bridges

" The pieces are weighted with a turned profile in the standard Staunton pattern

The verso has remnants of black paper album page adhesive at all four corners where it had been glued

there are no cracks or breaks

but pages and binding are separated entirely from cover and spine board