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A MULTI-BLADE PENKNIFE FOR EXHIBITION with over one hundred folding blades and accessories including awls, borers, saws, corkscrews, tweezers, scissors, pincers, scribes, bodkins, needles, nail files, bradawls, and spanners, fitted at each side with mother-of-pearl scales (small cracks) retained by five minute screws and with elaborately writhen German silver borders at the top and bottom, 12.0 cm (closed) ProvenanceThe directors of Lockwoods, Sheffield. LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 73. The apparent founder of Lockwood Brother Ltd was John Lockwood of Ecclesfield, who was apprenticed to file maker John Burgin and became a Freeman in 1767, when he was assigned the mark ‘CX’. His two sons were John Lockwood Jun. (1769-1856) and William Lockwood (1775-1829). The latter moved to Sheffield in the 1790s and, in 1803, married Ann Sorby, linking his family to the local tool making dynasty. They had four sons, William (1806-1873), John (1813-1876), Joseph (1815-1902), and Charles (1822-1872). In 1817, Lockwood & Sorby are recorded as factors in Arundel Street and merchants and file manufacturers in 1822. William died in 1829 and his four sons who became the ‘Lockwood brothers’ ultimately continued the business, first recorded 1837. In 1861 Lockwoods employed 500 staff and in 1865 they expanded their premises at Arundel Street. The enterprise became more closely involved in cutlery and trade catalogues show a wide range of knives and pocket cutlery with an emphasis on complicated sportsman’s patterns, hunting and skinning knives. By 1862 German counterfeiting had forced the company to adopt another mark: a Pampas rhea with the words ‘REAL KNIFE’ and ‘PAMPA’. The firm’s main trade mark was ‘C:X’. Lockwood’s also acquired a Maltese cross ‘L’ mark. Three of the Lockwood brothers died in the early 1870s: Charles (1872), William (1873), and John (1876). Joseph continued the business and around 1891 they became a limited company. By the First World War, Lockwood’s was in decline and losing money, in 1919 it became part of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers Ltd and were acquired by Elliott in 1927. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

˜ A SALESMAN’S DISPLAY OF TWENTY-FIVE POCKET KNIVES, LOCKWOOD BROTHERS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY each struck with the maker’s details at the ricasso, comprising twenty-one with ‘Real Pampa’ blades; four with natural staghorn scales, eleven with polished horn scales, one with ivory scales, one with brass scales stamped ‘Goldfinger knife’ and the remainder with hardwood scales, mounted on board with stock numbers in ink and makers details in gilt letters, with cover, 43.0 x 35.0 cm LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 196. The apparent founder of Lockwood Brother Ltd was John Lockwood of Ecclesfield, who was apprenticed to file maker John Burgin and became a Freeman in 1767, when he was assigned the mark ‘CX’. His two sons were John Lockwood Jun. (1769-1856) and William Lockwood (1775-1829). The latter moved to Sheffield in the 1790s and, in 1803, married Ann Sorby, linking his family to the local tool making dynasty. They had four sons, William (1806-1873), John (1813-1876), Joseph (1815-1902), and Charles (1822-1872). In 1817, Lockwood & Sorby are recorded as factors in Arundel Street and merchants and file manufacturers in 1822. William died in 1829 and his four sons who became the ‘Lockwood brothers’ ultimately continued the business, first recorded 1837. In 1861 Lockwoods employed 500 staff and in 1865 they expanded their premises at Arundel Street. The enterprise became more closely involved in cutlery and trade catalogues show a wide range of knives and pocket cutlery with an emphasis on complicated sportsman’s patterns, hunting and skinning knives. By 1862 German counterfeiting had forced the company to adopt another mark: a Pampas rhea with the words ‘REAL KNIFE’ and ‘PAMPA’. The firm’s main trade mark was ‘C:X’. Lockwood’s also acquired a Maltese cross ‘L’ mark. Three of the Lockwood brothers died in the early 1870s: Charles (1872), William (1873), and John (1876). Joseph continued the business and around 1891 they became a limited company. By the First World War, Lockwood’s was in decline and losing money, in 1919 it became part of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers Ltd and were acquired by Elliott in 1927. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

˜ A SALESMAN’S DISPLAY OF TWENTY-FOUR POCKET KNIVES, LOCKWOOD BROTHERS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY each struck with the maker’s details at the ricasso, comprising thirteen with ‘Real Pampa’ blades; twelve with natural staghorn scales, seven with polished horn scales, three with ivory scales, one two with hardwood scales, mounted on board with stock reference numbers in ink and makers details in gilt letters, with cover, 43.0 x 35.0 cm LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 199. The apparent founder of Lockwood Brother Ltd was John Lockwood of Ecclesfield, who was apprenticed to file maker John Burgin and became a Freeman in 1767, when he was assigned the mark ‘CX’. His two sons were John Lockwood Jun. (1769-1856) and William Lockwood (1775-1829). The latter moved to Sheffield in the 1790s and, in 1803, married Ann Sorby, linking his family to the local tool making dynasty. They had four sons, William (1806-1873), John (1813-1876), Joseph (1815-1902), and Charles (1822-1872). In 1817, Lockwood & Sorby are recorded as factors in Arundel Street and merchants and file manufacturers in 1822. William died in 1829 and his four sons who became the ‘Lockwood brothers’ ultimately continued the business, first recorded 1837. In 1861 Lockwoods employed 500 staff and in 1865 they expanded their premises at Arundel Street. The enterprise became more closely involved in cutlery and trade catalogues show a wide range of knives and pocket cutlery with an emphasis on complicated sportsman’s patterns, hunting and skinning knives. By 1862 German counterfeiting had forced the company to adopt another mark: a Pampas rhea with the words ‘REAL KNIFE’ and ‘PAMPA’. The firm’s main trade mark was ‘C:X’. Lockwood’s also acquired a Maltese cross ‘L’ mark. Three of the Lockwood brothers died in the early 1870s: Charles (1872), William (1873), and John (1876). Joseph continued the business and around 1891 they became a limited company. By the First World War, Lockwood’s was in decline and losing money, in 1919 it became part of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers Ltd and were acquired by Elliott in 1927. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

FIVE LOCK KNIVES BY LOCKWOOD BROTHERS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY, A FIGHTING KNIFE AND THREE FURTHER POCKET KNIVES the first five with ‘Real Pampa’ blades, three with natural staghorn scales, one with polished horn scales and one with hardwood scales; the sixth with folding locking blade signed ‘Taylor’ and ‘Real Knife Witness’, German silver double quillons and natural staghorn scales, and three further pocket knives with natural staghorn scales, the first: 12.8 cm (closed) (10) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 243. The apparent founder of Lockwood Brother Ltd was John Lockwood of Ecclesfield, who was apprenticed to file maker John Burgin and became a Freeman in 1767, when he was assigned the mark ‘CX’. His two sons were John Lockwood Jun. (1769-1856) and William Lockwood (1775-1829). The latter moved to Sheffield in the 1790s and, in 1803, married Ann Sorby, linking his family to the local tool making dynasty. They had four sons, William (1806-1873), John (1813-1876), Joseph (1815-1902), and Charles (1822-1872). In 1817, Lockwood & Sorby are recorded as factors in Arundel Street and merchants and file manufacturers in 1822. William died in 1829 and his four sons who became the ‘Lockwood brothers’ ultimately continued the business, first recorded 1837. In 1861 Lockwoods employed 500 staff and in 1865 they expanded their premises at Arundel Street. The enterprise became more closely involved in cutlery and trade catalogues show a wide range of knives and pocket cutlery with an emphasis on complicated sportsman’s patterns, hunting and skinning knives. By 1862 German counterfeiting had forced the company to adopt another mark: a Pampas rhea with the words ‘REAL KNIFE’ and ‘PAMPA’. The firm’s main trade mark was ‘C:X’. Lockwood’s also acquired a Maltese cross ‘L’ mark. Three of the Lockwood brothers died in the early 1870s: Charles (1872), William (1873), and John (1876). Joseph continued the business and around 1891 they became a limited company. By the First World War, Lockwood’s was in decline and losing money, in 1919 it became part of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers Ltd and were acquired by Elliott in 1927. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

THREE POCKET KNIVES, LOCKWOOD BROTHERS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND THIRTEEN FURTHER POCKET KNIVES the first two marked ‘Real Pampa’, signed at the ricasso and with CX’ mark; the third similar, with additional folding blade; five folding knives by Joseph Elliott & Sons, with signed blades and natural staghorn scales; another by the same maker with two folding blade and another smaller knife by the same maker; two by Allen & Son; and four further pocket knives, the first: 10.8 cm (closed) (16) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 114. The apparent founder of Lockwood Brother Ltd was John Lockwood of Ecclesfield, who was apprenticed to file maker John Burgin and became a Freeman in 1767, when he was assigned the mark ‘CX’. His two sons were John Lockwood Jun. (1769-1856) and William Lockwood (1775-1829). The latter moved to Sheffield in the 1790s and, in 1803, married Ann Sorby, linking his family to the local tool making dynasty. They had four sons, William (1806-1873), John (1813-1876), Joseph (1815-1902), and Charles (1822-1872). In 1817, Lockwood & Sorby are recorded as factors in Arundel Street and merchants and file manufacturers in 1822. William died in 1829 and his four sons who became the ‘Lockwood brothers’ ultimately continued the business, first recorded 1837. In 1861 Lockwoods employed 500 staff and in 1865 they expanded their premises at Arundel Street. The enterprise became more closely involved in cutlery and trade catalogues show a wide range of knives and pocket cutlery with an emphasis on complicated sportsman’s patterns, hunting and skinning knives. By 1862 German counterfeiting had forced the company to adopt another mark: a Pampas rhea with the words ‘REAL KNIFE’ and ‘PAMPA’. The firm’s main trade mark was ‘C:X’. Lockwood’s also acquired a Maltese cross ‘L’ mark. Three of the Lockwood brothers died in the early 1870s: Charles (1872), William (1873), and John (1876). Joseph continued the business and around 1891 they became a limited company. By the First World War, Lockwood’s was in decline and losing money, in 1919 it became part of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers Ltd and were acquired by Elliott in 1927. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A PRUNING KNIFE, LOCKWOOD BROTHERS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND SIXTEEN FURTHER PRUNING AND OTHER KNIVES the first with folding ‘Real Pampa’ blade with makers details and stamps at the forte and natural staghorn scales (one flattened, perhaps for display); thirteen further pruning knives, and three pocket knives by various makers; the first: 11.0 cm (closed) (17) The apparent founder of Lockwood Brother Ltd was John Lockwood of Ecclesfield, who was apprenticed to file maker John Burgin and became a Freeman in 1767, when he was assigned the mark ‘CX’. His two sons were John Lockwood Jun. (1769-1856) and William Lockwood (1775-1829). The latter moved to Sheffield in the 1790s and, in 1803, married Ann Sorby, linking his family to the local tool making dynasty. They had four sons, William (1806-1873), John (1813-1876), Joseph (1815-1902), and Charles (1822-1872). In 1817, Lockwood & Sorby are recorded as factors in Arundel Street and merchants and file manufacturers in 1822. William died in 1829 and his four sons who became the ‘Lockwood brothers’ ultimately continued the business, first recorded 1837. In 1861 Lockwoods employed 500 staff and in 1865 they expanded their premises at Arundel Street. The enterprise became more closely involved in cutlery and trade catalogues show a wide range of knives and pocket cutlery with an emphasis on complicated sportsman’s patterns, hunting and skinning knives. By 1862 German counterfeiting had forced the company to adopt another mark: a Pampas rhea with the words ‘REAL KNIFE’ and ‘PAMPA’. The firm’s main trade mark was ‘C:X’. Lockwood’s also acquired a Maltese cross ‘L’ mark. Three of the Lockwood brothers died in the early 1870s: Charles (1872), William (1873), and John (1876). Joseph continued the business and around 1891 they became a limited company. By the First World War, Lockwood’s was in decline and losing money, in 1919 it became part of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers Ltd and were acquired by Elliott in 1927. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

THREE PENKNIVES, LOCKWOOD BROTHERS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY AND FIVE FURTHER KNIVES the first with five folding elements including pick and awl, and natural staghorn scales; the second marked ‘Real Pampa’ and with six folding elements; the third with three folding elements including tuning fork and pincers, the fourth smaller, with four folding elements; the fifth and sixth Allen & Sons, the seventh, Petty, with five folding elements; and the eighth, Joseph Elliott, with two blade and staghorn scales, the first: 8.7 cm (closed) (8) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 138. The apparent founder of Lockwood Brother Ltd was John Lockwood of Ecclesfield, who was apprenticed to file maker John Burgin and became a Freeman in 1767, when he was assigned the mark ‘CX’. His two sons were John Lockwood Jun. (1769-1856) and William Lockwood (1775-1829). The latter moved to Sheffield in the 1790s and, in 1803, married Ann Sorby, linking his family to the local tool making dynasty. They had four sons, William (1806-1873), John (1813-1876), Joseph (1815-1902), and Charles (1822-1872). In 1817, Lockwood & Sorby are recorded as factors in Arundel Street and merchants and file manufacturers in 1822. William died in 1829 and his four sons who became the ‘Lockwood brothers’ ultimately continued the business, first recorded 1837. In 1861 Lockwoods employed 500 staff and in 1865 they expanded their premises at Arundel Street. The enterprise became more closely involved in cutlery and trade catalogues show a wide range of knives and pocket cutlery with an emphasis on complicated sportsman’s patterns, hunting and skinning knives. By 1862 German counterfeiting had forced the company to adopt another mark: a Pampas rhea with the words ‘REAL KNIFE’ and ‘PAMPA’. The firm’s main trade mark was ‘C:X’. Lockwood’s also acquired a Maltese cross ‘L’ mark. Three of the Lockwood brothers died in the early 1870s: Charles (1872), William (1873), and John (1876). Joseph continued the business and around 1891 they became a limited company. By the First World War, Lockwood’s was in decline and losing money, in 1919 it became part of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers Ltd and were acquired by Elliott in 1927. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

SIX POCKET KNIVES, LOCKWOOD BROTHERS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY AND TWELVE FURTHER POCKET KNIVES, the first to fourth with three folding blades marked ‘Real Pampa’ and with polished horn scales; the fifth and sixth with a single folding ‘Real Pampa’ blade and natural staghorn bodies; the seventh to tenth, Joseph Elliott, with staghorn bodies; and eight further pocket knives, various makers, the first: 10.5 cm (18) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 158. The apparent founder of Lockwood Brother Ltd was John Lockwood of Ecclesfield, who was apprenticed to file maker John Burgin and became a Freeman in 1767, when he was assigned the mark ‘CX’. His two sons were John Lockwood Jun. (1769-1856) and William Lockwood (1775-1829). The latter moved to Sheffield in the 1790s and, in 1803, married Ann Sorby, linking his family to the local tool making dynasty. They had four sons, William (1806-1873), John (1813-1876), Joseph (1815-1902), and Charles (1822-1872). In 1817, Lockwood & Sorby are recorded as factors in Arundel Street and merchants and file manufacturers in 1822. William died in 1829 and his four sons who became the ‘Lockwood brothers’ ultimately continued the business, first recorded 1837. In 1861 Lockwoods employed 500 staff and in 1865 they expanded their premises at Arundel Street. The enterprise became more closely involved in cutlery and trade catalogues show a wide range of knives and pocket cutlery with an emphasis on complicated sportsman’s patterns, hunting and skinning knives. By 1862 German counterfeiting had forced the company to adopt another mark: a Pampas rhea with the words ‘REAL KNIFE’ and ‘PAMPA’. The firm’s main trade mark was ‘C:X’. Lockwood’s also acquired a Maltese cross ‘L’ mark. Three of the Lockwood brothers died in the early 1870s: Charles (1872), William (1873), and John (1876). Joseph continued the business and around 1891 they became a limited company. By the First World War, Lockwood’s was in decline and losing money, in 1919 it became part of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers Ltd and were acquired by Elliott in 1927. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

˜ A SMALL PENKNIFE, LOCKWOOD BROTHERS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY, AND TWENTY-ONE FURTHER SMALL PENKNIVES the first with signed folding ‘Real Pampa’ main blade, two further folding accessories, and German silver-mounted staghorn scales; the second by the same, with four folding blades and tortoiseshell scales; a premium stock knife, George Wostenholm, Sheffield, with three folding elements, in associated box; two fruit knives, Brookes & Crookes, Sheffield, with folding blades and mother-of-pearl scales, and seventeen further small penknives, the first: 9.0 cm (closed) (22) The apparent founder of Lockwood Brother Ltd was John Lockwood of Ecclesfield, who was apprenticed to file maker John Burgin and became a Freeman in 1767, when he was assigned the mark ‘CX’. His two sons were John Lockwood Jun. (1769-1856) and William Lockwood (1775-1829). The latter moved to Sheffield in the 1790s and, in 1803, married Ann Sorby, linking his family to the local tool making dynasty. They had four sons, William (1806-1873), John (1813-1876), Joseph (1815-1902), and Charles (1822-1872). In 1817, Lockwood & Sorby are recorded as factors in Arundel Street and merchants and file manufacturers in 1822. William died in 1829 and his four sons who became the ‘Lockwood brothers’ ultimately continued the business, first recorded 1837. In 1861 Lockwoods employed 500 staff and in 1865 they expanded their premises at Arundel Street. The enterprise became more closely involved in cutlery and trade catalogues show a wide range of knives and pocket cutlery with an emphasis on complicated sportsman’s patterns, hunting and skinning knives. By 1862 German counterfeiting had forced the company to adopt another mark: a Pampas rhea with the words ‘REAL KNIFE’ and ‘PAMPA’. The firm’s main trade mark was ‘C:X’. Lockwood’s also acquired a Maltese cross ‘L’ mark. Three of the Lockwood brothers died in the early 1870s: Charles (1872), William (1873), and John (1876). Joseph continued the business and around 1891 they became a limited company. By the First World War, Lockwood’s was in decline and losing money, in 1919 it became part of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers Ltd and were acquired by Elliott in 1927. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

FIVE PRUNING KNIVES, LOCKWOOD BROTHERS, SHEFFIELD, AND NINETEEN FURTHER PRUNING KNIVES, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with natural staghorn scales, the first and second with two folding blades, the larger marked ‘Real Pampa’; the third, fourth and fifth with single folding ‘Real Pampa’ blade; the sixth, Lockwood Sons, with single folding blade; five large pruning knives, Allen & Son, Sheffield; six smaller pruning knives, Allen & Son, Sheffield; another by the same, with two blades; and six further pruning knives, the first: 9.8 cm (closed) (24) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 160. The apparent founder of Lockwood Brother Ltd was John Lockwood of Ecclesfield, who was apprenticed to file maker John Burgin and became a Freeman in 1767, when he was assigned the mark ‘CX’. His two sons were John Lockwood Jun. (1769-1856) and William Lockwood (1775-1829). The latter moved to Sheffield in the 1790s and, in 1803, married Ann Sorby, linking his family to the local tool making dynasty. They had four sons, William (1806-1873), John (1813-1876), Joseph (1815-1902), and Charles (1822-1872). In 1817, Lockwood & Sorby are recorded as factors in Arundel Street and merchants and file manufacturers in 1822. William died in 1829 and his four sons who became the ‘Lockwood brothers’ ultimately continued the business, first recorded 1837. In 1861 Lockwoods employed 500 staff and in 1865 they expanded their premises at Arundel Street. The enterprise became more closely involved in cutlery and trade catalogues show a wide range of knives and pocket cutlery with an emphasis on complicated sportsman’s patterns, hunting and skinning knives. By 1862 German counterfeiting had forced the company to adopt another mark: a Pampas rhea with the words ‘REAL KNIFE’ and ‘PAMPA’. The firm’s main trade mark was ‘C:X’. Lockwood’s also acquired a Maltese cross ‘L’ mark. Three of the Lockwood brothers died in the early 1870s: Charles (1872), William (1873), and John (1876). Joseph continued the business and around 1891 they became a limited company. By the First World War, Lockwood’s was in decline and losing money, in 1919 it became part of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers Ltd and were acquired by Elliott in 1927. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

TWO PRUNING KNIVES, LOCKWOOD BROTHERS AND SIX FURTHER PRUNING KNIVES, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with folding blades, the first two marked ‘Real Knife Pampa’ and with rhea on one face, struck with the maker’s details, ‘CX’ and cross marks at the ricasso, and with polished and natural staghorn scales respectively; the third to sixth similar, by Joseph Elliott & Sons, with natural staghorn scales; the seventh by W. Saynor Ltd and the eighth by Allen & Scott, the first: 9,.5 cm (closed) (8) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 112. The apparent founder of Lockwood Brother Ltd was John Lockwood of Ecclesfield, who was apprenticed to file maker John Burgin and became a Freeman in 1767, when he was assigned the mark ‘CX’. His two sons were John Lockwood Jun. (1769-1856) and William Lockwood (1775-1829). The latter moved to Sheffield in the 1790s and, in 1803, married Ann Sorby, linking his family to the local tool making dynasty. They had four sons, William (1806-1873), John (1813-1876), Joseph (1815-1902), and Charles (1822-1872). In 1817, Lockwood & Sorby are recorded as factors in Arundel Street and merchants and file manufacturers in 1822. William died in 1829 and his four sons who became the ‘Lockwood brothers’ ultimately continued the business, first recorded 1837. In 1861 Lockwoods employed 500 staff and in 1865 they expanded their premises at Arundel Street. The enterprise became more closely involved in cutlery and trade catalogues show a wide range of knives and pocket cutlery with an emphasis on complicated sportsman’s patterns, hunting and skinning knives. By 1862 German counterfeiting had forced the company to adopt another mark: a Pampas rhea with the words ‘REAL KNIFE’ and ‘PAMPA’. The firm’s main trade mark was ‘C:X’. Lockwood’s also acquired a Maltese cross ‘L’ mark. Three of the Lockwood brothers died in the early 1870s: Charles (1872), William (1873), and John (1876). Joseph continued the business and around 1891 they became a limited company. By the First World War, Lockwood’s was in decline and losing money, in 1919 it became part of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers Ltd and were acquired by Elliott in 1927. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

TWO PRUNING KNIVES, LOCKWOOD BROTHERS AND SEVEN FURTHER PRUNING KNIVES, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with folding blades, the first marked ‘Real Knife Pampa’ and with rhea on one face, struck with the maker’s details, ‘CX’ and cross marks at the ricasso, and with natural staghorn scales; the second with the maker’s details, ‘CX’ and cross marks at the ricasso and polished horn scales; the third by Joseph Elliott; the fourth and fifth by Allen & Son; the sixth by Alexander Birmingham, with barrel mark; the seventh with barrel mark; the eight and ninth by Thomas Turner & Co., the blades and chequered scales marked ‘Encore’, the first: 10.5 cm (closed) (9) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 112. The apparent founder of Lockwood Brother Ltd was John Lockwood of Ecclesfield, who was apprenticed to file maker John Burgin and became a Freeman in 1767, when he was assigned the mark ‘CX’. His two sons were John Lockwood Jun. (1769-1856) and William Lockwood (1775-1829). The latter moved to Sheffield in the 1790s and, in 1803, married Ann Sorby, linking his family to the local tool making dynasty. They had four sons, William (1806-1873), John (1813-1876), Joseph (1815-1902), and Charles (1822-1872). In 1817, Lockwood & Sorby are recorded as factors in Arundel Street and merchants and file manufacturers in 1822. William died in 1829 and his four sons who became the ‘Lockwood brothers’ ultimately continued the business, first recorded 1837. In 1861 Lockwoods employed 500 staff and in 1865 they expanded their premises at Arundel Street. The enterprise became more closely involved in cutlery and trade catalogues show a wide range of knives and pocket cutlery with an emphasis on complicated sportsman’s patterns, hunting and skinning knives. By 1862 German counterfeiting had forced the company to adopt another mark: a Pampas rhea with the words ‘REAL KNIFE’ and ‘PAMPA’. The firm’s main trade mark was ‘C:X’. Lockwood’s also acquired a Maltese cross ‘L’ mark. Three of the Lockwood brothers died in the early 1870s: Charles (1872), William (1873), and John (1876). Joseph continued the business and around 1891 they became a limited company. By the First World War, Lockwood’s was in decline and losing money, in 1919 it became part of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers Ltd and were acquired by Elliott in 1927. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

˜ THREE THREE-BLADED FLEAMS, LOCKWOOD BROTHERS, SHEFFIELD, 19TH CENTURY AND TEN FURTHER FLEAMS the first three with three ‘Real Pampa’ folding blades and brass scales; two two blade fleams, by the same with ‘Real Pampa’ blades and horn scales; two single-blade fleams by the same with horn scales; two three blade fleams, Joseph Rodgers & Sons, 6 Norfolk St, Sheffield, with brass scales; three further fleams by the same, with horn scales; a small fleam, J. Gibbins, with tortoiseshell scales, and another, P. Salt, with horn scales, the first: 7.8 cm (14) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, pp. 162. The apparent founder of Lockwood Brother Ltd was John Lockwood of Ecclesfield, who was apprenticed to file maker John Burgin and became a Freeman in 1767, when he was assigned the mark ‘CX’. His two sons were John Lockwood Jun. (1769-1856) and William Lockwood (1775-1829). The latter moved to Sheffield in the 1790s and, in 1803, married Ann Sorby, linking his family to the local tool making dynasty. They had four sons, William (1806-1873), John (1813-1876), Joseph (1815-1902), and Charles (1822-1872). In 1817, Lockwood & Sorby are recorded as factors in Arundel Street and merchants and file manufacturers in 1822. William died in 1829 and his four sons who became the ‘Lockwood brothers’ ultimately continued the business, first recorded 1837. In 1861 Lockwoods employed 500 staff and in 1865 they expanded their premises at Arundel Street. The enterprise became more closely involved in cutlery and trade catalogues show a wide range of knives and pocket cutlery with an emphasis on complicated sportsman’s patterns, hunting and skinning knives. By 1862 German counterfeiting had forced the company to adopt another mark: a Pampas rhea with the words ‘REAL KNIFE’ and ‘PAMPA’. The firm’s main trade mark was ‘C:X’. Lockwood’s also acquired a Maltese cross ‘L’ mark. Three of the Lockwood brothers died in the early 1870s: Charles (1872), William (1873), and John (1876). Joseph continued the business and around 1891 they became a limited company. By the First World War, Lockwood’s was in decline and losing money, in 1919 it became part of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers Ltd and were acquired by Elliott in 1927. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

THREE MOTHER-OF-PEARL MOUNTED SMALL POCKET KNIVES, LOCKWOOD BROTHERS; SEVEN FURTHER MOTHER-OF-PEARL MOUNTED POCKET KNIVES AND SIX POCKET KNIVES WITH GERMAN SILVER BODIES the first three of differing size, each with folding ‘Real Pampa’ blade signed at the ricasso, and mother-of-pearl scales; the fourth and fifth similar, Joseph Rodgers, no. 6 Norfolk Street, Sheffield; five further pocket knives, similar; a smoker’s pocket knife, Lockwood brothers, with German silver body, five further smoker’s pocket knives and another pocket knife, in its leather pouch, the first: 9.2 cm (closed) (16) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 183. The apparent founder of Lockwood Brother Ltd was John Lockwood of Ecclesfield, who was apprenticed to file maker John Burgin and became a Freeman in 1767, when he was assigned the mark ‘CX’. His two sons were John Lockwood Jun. (1769-1856) and William Lockwood (1775-1829). The latter moved to Sheffield in the 1790s and, in 1803, married Ann Sorby, linking his family to the local tool making dynasty. They had four sons, William (1806-1873), John (1813-1876), Joseph (1815-1902), and Charles (1822-1872). In 1817, Lockwood & Sorby are recorded as factors in Arundel Street and merchants and file manufacturers in 1822. William died in 1829 and his four sons who became the ‘Lockwood brothers’ ultimately continued the business, first recorded 1837. In 1861 Lockwoods employed 500 staff and in 1865 they expanded their premises at Arundel Street. The enterprise became more closely involved in cutlery and trade catalogues show a wide range of knives and pocket cutlery with an emphasis on complicated sportsman’s patterns, hunting and skinning knives. By 1862 German counterfeiting had forced the company to adopt another mark: a Pampas rhea with the words ‘REAL KNIFE’ and ‘PAMPA’. The firm’s main trade mark was ‘C:X’. Lockwood’s also acquired a Maltese cross ‘L’ mark. Three of the Lockwood brothers died in the early 1870s: Charles (1872), William (1873), and John (1876). Joseph continued the business and around 1891 they became a limited company. By the First World War, Lockwood’s was in decline and losing money, in 1919 it became part of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers Ltd and were acquired by Elliott in 1927. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A LOCK KNIFE AND SEVEN PENKNIVES, ALLEN & SON, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY, AND FOUR FURTHER KNIVES the first with locking blade, natural staghorn scales and German silver escutcheon; the second with five folding elements including button hook, awl and corkscrew and tweezers and pricker; third, fourth and fifth smaller, with staghorn scales, one with six elements including a saw; the sixth, seventh and eight with chequered scales, one with eight elements, one with six elements; the ninth a pruning knife; two staghorn-mounted knives, Joseph Elliott, Sheffield and two further knives, the first: 16.0 cm (closed) (12) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 137. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A SALESMAN’S DISPLAY OF THIRTEEN POCKET KNIVES, I. & J. BARBER, SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1920-8 comprising thirteen knives with folding blades, marked ‘ERA’ and with the maker’s details at the ricasso, and with differing brightly coloured scales, mounted on a green board with stock reference numbers in ink, maker’s details and 'E.R.A.' in gilt letters, complete with cover flap (taped repair) and receipt dated 1928; together with three further pocket knives, the first board: 36.5 cm x 24.5 cm LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 192. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A MILITARY FOLDING LOCK KNIFE, BRIGGS, BENNETT AND NEWTON, SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1880-90 with folding locking blade stamped with the maker’s details at the ricasso, formed with a clipped-back point, brass fillets, chequered scales, German silver blade locking stud, in its leather scabbard with belt loop, 21.0 cm blade LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 220. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A MILITARY FOLDING LOCK KNIFE, G. BUTLER & CO, SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1880-90 with folding locking blade stamped with the maker’s details at the ricasso, formed with a clipped-back point, a pair of folding wavy German silver double quillons, brass fillets, chequered scales, German silver blade release stud, in its leather scabbard (belt loop detached) embossed with the maker’s details, 18.5 cm blade LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 220. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A MILITARY FOLDING LOCK KNIFE, G. BUTLER & CO, SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1882-90 with folding locking blade stamped with the maker’s details and key mark at the ricasso, formed with a clipped-back point, a pair of folding German silver double quillons, milled brass fillets, chequered scales, German silver blade release stud, in its leather scabbard with belt loop and copper alloy chape, 19.3 cm blade George Butler & Co. acquired the key mark from Steer & Webster circa 1882. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A BOWIE KNIFE, GEORGE BUTLER & CO, TRINITY WORKS, SHEFFIELD AND ANOTHER R. S. RICHARDSON & CO. EDINBRGH, CIRCA 1880-90 the first with single-edged blade formed with a clipped-back point, stamped with the maker’s details on one face, rectangular ricasso, German silver hilt shaped for the fingers including straight guard and moulded pommel, and chequered horn grips shaped for the fingers, in its leather scabbard with belt loop; the second with clipped-back blade signed on one face, shaped German silver guard and chequered scales, in its leather scabbard, the first: 17.5 cm blade (2) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 282. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A MOTHER-OF-PEARL MOUNTED SILVER FRUIT KNIFE, J. DEAKIN & SONS, SHEFFIELD, 1834 AND FIFTEEEN FURTHER SMALL FOLDING KNIVES, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY the first with folding silver blade and fork, the former signed, German silver fillets, and mother-of-pearl scales; another, with five folding elements and mother-of-pearl scales inscribed ‘Mark Shaw & Sons Ltd, Engineers Huddersfield’; a small multi-blade folding knife, with over fifteen folding blades and accessories including scissors, fork, button hook, blades, saw and awl, and mother-of-pearl scales; seven small silver folding fruit knives with mother-of-pearl scales; another, with silver scales and buff leather case; a silver folding button hook; and five further small multi-blade folding knives with mother-of-pearl scales, the first: 8.0 cm (closed) (16) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 127. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A DAGGER, MARKED MAZEPPA, PROBABLY SAMUEL HANCOCK & SONS, LATE 19TH CENTURY with broad blade formed with a clipped-back point, recessed ricasso struck with a figure strapped to a horse’s back and ‘Mazeppa’ on one face, German silver hilt cast in low relief, comprising guard and pommel decorated with scrolls, milled copper alloy fillers and hardwood scales, in its tooled and gilt leather scabbard,17.2 cm blade LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 291. The Mazeppa mark refers to Ivan Mazeppa, a historical Cossack figure in Ukraine, who had been bound naked to a horse’s back as a punishment for adultery. Samuel Hancock (circa 1795-1854), a cutlery manufacturer in Pea Croft, Sheffield, was granted this mark in 1849. In 1896 the company and its mark passed to Reuss & Co. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A DAGGER, HARRISON BROS & HOWSON, SHEFFIELD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND ANOTHER, SIMILAR, FRENCH, SABATIER, 20TH CENTURY the first with broad blade double-edged towards the point, signed ricasso, German silver hilt cast in low relief comprising guard and scalloped pommel, and chequered scales, in its leather scabbard; the second similar, with signed blade and hardwood scales, the first: 15.2 cm blade (2) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 291. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A MILITARY FOLDING LOCK KNIFE, CHRIS JOHNSON & CO, SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1880-90 with folding locking blade stamped with the maker’s details on one face, formed with a clipped-back point, a pair of folding German silver double quillons, brass fillets, chequered scales, German silver blade locking stud, in its leather scabbard belt loop, 18.4 cm blade LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 220. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A RARE LINGARD PATENT SPRING-KNIFE, CIRCA 1860 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) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 130. Robert Lingard was born around 1798 and is recorded as a spring knife maker first at Wharncliffe Side and at Peacroft from around 1850. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A BOWIE KNIFE, LINGARD, PEACROFT, SHEFFIELD, PROBABLY 1870 with single-edged blade formed with a clipped-back point and part swaged back-edge, rectangular ricasso stamped ‘Lingards Celebrated Bowie Knife Pea Croft, Sheffield’, German silver hilt comprising two-piece guard and pommel each cast with scrolls and foliage in low relief, brass fillets, staghorn scales, and vacant German silver escutcheon, 21.0 cm blade Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A DAGGER, MANSON, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, signed rectangular ricasso, German silver hilt formed in two pieces comprising guard and pommel joined on each face by a shaped panel, and hardwood scales inlaid with a running pattern of foliage in mother-of-pearl on one face, in its scabbard, 15.7 cm blade LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 291. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A HUNTING KNIFE FOR THE AMERICAN MARKET, MAPPIN & WEBB, SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1880 with robust blade formed with a clipped-back point with false swage, notched at the forte, stamped ‘Celebrated American Hunting Knife’ in capital letters, ‘Self Defender’ in script on a scroll, rectangular ricasso stamped with the maker’s name and ‘Trustworthy’ on one face of the ricasso and ‘US’ on the other, German silver oval cross-piece and chequered horn scales retained by six rivets, in its German silver mounted leather scabbard with locket and chape each engraved with groups of three lines, and the former with a stud for suspension, 25.3 cm blade LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 262. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A LOCK KNIFE, MOORE, PROBABLY SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY AND TWO FURTHER LOCK KNIVES the first with folding locking blade, signed rectangular ricasso, two-piece German silver guard, natural staghorn scales over brass fillets, and vacant German silver escutcheon; the second and third of similar form, with German silver guards and pommels each cast with scrolling foliage in low relief, and polished horn scales, the first: 13.2 cm (closed) (3) Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A SPORTSMAN’S KNIFE, W. MORTON & SONS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with eight folding elements, the larger five signed at the ricasso, including knife, saw, turn screw, button hook and trace borer, chequered horn scales with concealed pricker and tweezers, and German silver loop, 15.5 cm (closed) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 150. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A MILITARY STYLE FOLDING KNIFE, A. MORTON, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with folding locking blade formed with a clipped-back point, signed at the ricasso and with a pair of scales mark, folding German silver cross-piece, natural staghorn grips, with its leather holster, 19.7 cm blade LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 131. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

AN ARKANSAS BOWIE KNIFE, MORTON & SON, SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1850-60 with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, recessed rectangular ricasso struck with the maker’s details (worn, partly illegible), German silver hilt comprising ‘split’ cross-guard and two-piece pommel each decorated with scrolls and foliage in low relief, and a pair of small bone scales retained by two rivets, 22.7 cm blade LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 266. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A FINE BARREL KNIFE FOR DISPLAY, JOHN NOWILL & SONS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with four groups of nine differing folding blades at each end (small chips and losses), milled copper alloy fillets, engraved mother-of-pearl scales, and silver top terminal, on a wooden stand with blue velvet covered base and glass dome cover, perhaps the original, the knife: 10.5 cm (closed) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 76. J. Nowill & Sons won a prize medal at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 for ‘…..a display of cutlery comprising…..pocket knives, Indian hunting knives…..and an ‘assortment of knives for the Levant’. The firm had considerable export business with outlets in Turkey, Greece and Egypt. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

NINE VARIOUS CLASP KNIVES, 20TH CENTURY the first R. F. Mosely, Sheffield, with two folding blades and staghorn scales; another R.H. & Sons, similar; another, T. Ellin & Co, Sheffield, similar; three of military style, with chequered scales; a Schrade I. XL Wostenholm limited edition knife, dated 1980, with three folding blades; and two further knives, the first: 10.5 cm (closed) (9) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 156. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A 1902 EDWARD VII SILVER CORONATION PENKIFE, J. NOWILL & SONS, SHEFFIELD AND A GRETNA GREEN SOUVENIR KNIFE the first with three gilt folding blades, silver scales decorated with the Royal cypher, two crowns and the date, complete with its leather case; the second with two blades and the body inscribed and with the anvil and blacksmiths shop, the first: 7.8 cm (2) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 157. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

˜ A FOLDING LOCK KNIFE, JOHN PETTY, 20TH CENTURY comprising single clip-point blade stamped by the maker at the ricasso, German silver fillets, filed springs applied with minute pieces of ivory and engraved German silver, polished horn scales inlaid with flowers in ivory and mother of pearl, and German silver loop, 15.0 cm (closed) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 92. John Thomas Petty (circa 1818-1887) is recorded as a grocer and shopkeeper around the mid-19th century. In 1868, he advertised as a maker of farriers’ and oyster knives and established a thriving business which later passed to his sons John Thomas Petty (1848-1931) and Joseph Heald Petty (1856-1920). In 1881 the firm had six employees but they expanded considerably towards the end of the century to Perth Works, a three storey building at 60 Garden Street that could have provided employment for up to a hundred hands. They built a solid reputation for their butchers’ and trade knives as well as some fine exhibition pocket knives. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

˜ TWO FOLDING BOWIE KNIVES, JOHN PETTY, SHEFFIELD, 20TH CENTURY of exhibition quality, almost forming a pair, each with long folding blade locked by a sliding catch on the back and forming a short dagger when closed, with clipped-back point, notched and filed back-edge, inscribed ‘Petty’s Celebrated Sheffield’ enclosing barrel device and ‘stainless’ on one face, one blade stamped with the maker’s details at the ricasso, German silver mounts and fillets, and ebony and tortoiseshell scales inlaid with mother-of-pearl and German silver flowers enriched with small pieces of ivory, the larger, 21.8 cm (closed) (2) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 92. John Thomas Petty (circa 1818-1887) is recorded as a grocer and shopkeeper around the mid-19th century. In 1868, he advertised as a maker of farriers’ and oyster knives and established a thriving business which later passed to his sons John Thomas Petty (1848-1931) and Joseph Heald Petty (1856-1920). In 1881 the firm had six employees but they expanded considerably towards the end of the century to Perth Works, a three storey building at 60 Garden Street that could have provided employment for up to a hundred hands. They built a solid reputation for their butchers’ and trade knives as well as some fine exhibition pocket knives. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A FOLDING LOCK KNIFE, JOHN PETTY & SONS, CIRCA 1900 comprising single clip-point blade stamped by the maker at the ricasso, German silver fillets, filed springs applied with minute pieces of ivory, polished horn scales inlaid with flowers in ivory and mother of pearl, and German silver loop, 15.0 cm (closed) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p.89. John Thomas Petty (circa 1818-1887) is recorded as a grocer and shopkeeper around the mid-19th century. In 1868, he advertised as a maker of farriers’ and oyster knives and established a thriving business which later passed to his sons John Thomas Petty (1848-1931) and Joseph Heald Petty (1856-1920). In 1881 the firm had six employees but they expanded considerably towards the end of the century to Perth Works, a three storey building at 60 Garden Street that could have provided employment for up to a hundred hands. They built a solid reputation for their butchers’ and trade knives as well as some fine exhibition pocket knives. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A SPORTSMAN’S KNIFE, JOHN PETTY & SONS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with ten folding elements including signed pen blade, saw, screw driver, trace borer, awl, button hook and bodkin, German silver fillets, natural staghorn scales with concealed tweezers, pricker and ruler, German silver loop and vacant escutcheon, 13.2 cm (closed) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 152. John Thomas Petty (circa 1818-1887) is recorded as a grocer and shopkeeper around the mid-19th century. In 1868, he advertised as a maker of farriers’ and oyster knives and established a thriving business which later passed to his sons John Thomas Petty (1848-1931) and Joseph Heald Petty (1856-1920). In 1881 the firm had six employees but they expanded considerably towards the end of the century to Perth Works, a three storey building at 60 Garden Street that could have provided employment for up to a hundred hands. They built a solid reputation for their butchers’ and trade knives as well as some fine exhibition pocket knives. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A SPORTSMAN’S KNIFE, JOHN PETTY & SONS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with twelve folding elements including signed pen blade, saw, screw driver, trace borer, awl, button hook, bodkin and pincers, copper alloy fillets, chequered horn scales with concealed tweezers and pricker, German silver beadwork loop and vacant escutcheon, 12.8 cm (closed) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 152. John Thomas Petty (circa 1818-1887) is recorded as a grocer and shopkeeper around the mid-19th century. In 1868, he advertised as a maker of farriers’ and oyster knives and established a thriving business which later passed to his sons John Thomas Petty (1848-1931) and Joseph Heald Petty (1856-1920). In 1881 the firm had six employees but they expanded considerably towards the end of the century to Perth Works, a three storey building at 60 Garden Street that could have provided employment for up to a hundred hands. They built a solid reputation for their butchers’ and trade knives as well as some fine exhibition pocket knives. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A SPORTSMAN’S KNIFE, JOHN PETTY & SONS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with thirteen folding elements including signed pen blade, saw, screw driver, trace borer, awl, button hook and pincers, German silver fillets, natural staghorn scales with concealed tweezers and pricker, German silver loop and vacant escutcheon, 13.2 cm (closed) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 152. John Thomas Petty (circa 1818-1887) is recorded as a grocer and shopkeeper around the mid-19th century. In 1868, he advertised as a maker of farriers’ and oyster knives and established a thriving business which later passed to his sons John Thomas Petty (1848-1931) and Joseph Heald Petty (1856-1920). In 1881 the firm had six employees but they expanded considerably towards the end of the century to Perth Works, a three storey building at 60 Garden Street that could have provided employment for up to a hundred hands. They built a solid reputation for their butchers’ and trade knives as well as some fine exhibition pocket knives. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A SPORTSMAN’S KNIFE, JOHN PETTY & SONS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with eight folding elements including signed pen blade, saw, screw driver, trace borer, awl, and button hook, copper alloy fillets, natural staghorn scales with concealed tweezers and pricker, German silver loop and vacant escutcheon, 14.2 cm (closed) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 152. John Thomas Petty (circa 1818-1887) is recorded as a grocer and shopkeeper around the mid-19th century. In 1868, he advertised as a maker of farriers’ and oyster knives and established a thriving business which later passed to his sons John Thomas Petty (1848-1931) and Joseph Heald Petty (1856-1920). In 1881 the firm had six employees but they expanded considerably towards the end of the century to Perth Works, a three storey building at 60 Garden Street that could have provided employment for up to a hundred hands. They built a solid reputation for their butchers’ and trade knives as well as some fine exhibition pocket knives. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A FOLDING POCKET KNIFE, JOHN PETTY & SONS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with nine folding blades and accessories, including pen blade and button hook, gilt fillets, filed details including gilt spring backs inlaid with engraved mother-of-pearl plaques, and tortoiseshell scales inlaid with engraved copper alloy flowers, 11.7 cm (closed) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 92. John Thomas Petty (circa 1818-1887) is recorded as a grocer and shopkeeper around the mid-19th century. In 1868, he advertised as a maker of farriers’ and oyster knives and established a thriving business which later passed to his sons John Thomas Petty (1848-1931) and Joseph Heald Petty (1856-1920). In 1881 the firm had six employees but they expanded considerably towards the end of the century to Perth Works, a three storey building at 60 Garden Street that could have provided employment for up to a hundred hands. They built a solid reputation for their butchers’ and trade knives as well as some fine exhibition pocket knives. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A SPORTSMAN’S KNIFE, JOHN PETTY & SONS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with ten folding elements including signed pen blade, saw, bodkin, trace borer, awl, bottle opener and button hook, copper alloy fillets, natural staghorn scales with concealed tweezers and pricker, German silver loop and vacant escutcheon, 13.2 cm (closed) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 152. John Thomas Petty (circa 1818-1887) is recorded as a grocer and shopkeeper around the mid-19th century. In 1868, he advertised as a maker of farriers’ and oyster knives and established a thriving business which later passed to his sons John Thomas Petty (1848-1931) and Joseph Heald Petty (1856-1920). In 1881 the firm had six employees but they expanded considerably towards the end of the century to Perth Works, a three storey building at 60 Garden Street that could have provided employment for up to a hundred hands. They built a solid reputation for their butchers’ and trade knives as well as some fine exhibition pocket knives. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A SPORTSMAN’S KNIFE, JOHN PETTY & SONS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with thirteen folding elements including signed pen blade, saw, screw driver, scissors, trace borer, awl, button hook, bodkin, corkscrew, farriers hook and bottle opener, copper alloy fillets, chequered horn scales with concealed tweezers, striker and pricker, copper alloy loop and vacant German silver escutcheon, 11.2 cm (closed) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 152. John Thomas Petty (circa 1818-1887) is recorded as a grocer and shopkeeper around the mid-19th century. In 1868, he advertised as a maker of farriers’ and oyster knives and established a thriving business which later passed to his sons John Thomas Petty (1848-1931) and Joseph Heald Petty (1856-1920). In 1881 the firm had six employees but they expanded considerably towards the end of the century to Perth Works, a three storey building at 60 Garden Street that could have provided employment for up to a hundred hands. They built a solid reputation for their butchers’ and trade knives as well as some fine exhibition pocket knives. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A MOTHER-OF-PEARL MOUNTED FOLDING SPORTSMAN’S KNIFE, JOHN PETTY, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND FIVE FURTHER MOTHER-OF-PEARL MOUNTED SPORTSMANS KNIVES the first with four folding blades and scissors, gilt filed springs and fillets, and mother-of-pearl scales inlaid with gilt flowers; the second, third and fourth smaller, with five folding blades and accessories including scissors; the fifth similar, with two blades and scissors; and the sixth with twelve small folding blades, the first: 9.0 cm (closed) (6) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 109. John Thomas Petty (circa 1818-1887) is recorded as a grocer and shopkeeper around the mid-19th century. In 1868, he advertised as a maker of farriers’ and oyster knives and established a thriving business which later passed to his sons John Thomas Petty (1848-1931) and Joseph Heald Petty (1856-1920). In 1881 the firm had six employees but they expanded considerably towards the end of the century to Perth Works, a three storey building at 60 Garden Street that could have provided employment for up to a hundred hands. They built a solid reputation for their butchers’ and trade knives as well as some fine exhibition pocket knives. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A FOLDING KNIFE, JOHN PETTY AND SONS, SHEFFIELD, 20TH CENTURY with one folding blade with clipped-back point and filed back-edge over the lower half, German silver fillets, horn scales inlaid with engraved mother-of-pearl plaques a German silver central band and a loop, 12.3 cm (closed) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 92. John Thomas Petty (circa 1818-1887) is recorded as a grocer and shopkeeper around the mid-19th century. In 1868, he advertised as a maker of farriers’ and oyster knives and established a thriving business which later passed to his sons John Thomas Petty (1848-1931) and Joseph Heald Petty (1856-1920). In 1881 the firm had six employees but they expanded considerably towards the end of the century to Perth Works, a three storey building at 60 Garden Street that could have provided employment for up to a hundred hands. They built a solid reputation for their butchers’ and trade knives as well as some fine exhibition pocket knives. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A SPORTSMAN’S KNIFE, RAWSON BROTHERS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with eleven folding elements including large blade, saw, trace borer, bodkin and farriers hook, copper alloy fillets, mother-of-pearl scales, and vacant German silver escutcheon, 11.7 cm (closed) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 151. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A CASED BOWIE KNIFE, HERBERT ROBINSON, SHEFFIELD, SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY with broad blade formed with a clipped-back point, stamped with the maker’s name, ‘Grinder’ and an outline of a figure at a stone on one face, etched and blued ‘True Patriot’s’ and ‘Protector’ in large letters on the respective faces, signed recessed rectangular ricasso, German silver hilt shaped for the fingers including scrolling straight cross-guard and pommel, and wooden scales inset with a plaque inscribed ‘Herbert Robinson, Royal Exhibition, London’, in a lined and fitted case, 23.8 cm blade LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 292-3. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A COACHMAN’S KNIFE, JAMES RODGERS, SHEFFIELD, MID-19TH CENTURY with eleven folding elements including signed blade, saw, farriers hook, fleam, trace borer, and corkscrew, iron fillets and natural staghorn scales with concealed tweezers, pick and concealed knife, 9.5 cm (closed) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 154. James Rodgers is recorded circa 1758-1829. He established James Rodgers & Co and, with Philip Unwin, Unwin & Rodgers. Following his death in 1829 the company continued, with cutlery stamped 'Unwin and Rodgers', 'James Rodgers & Co.' and 'James Rodgers'. It is likely that the continued use of the Rodgers name was largely due to its echoes of the illustrious Joseph Rodgers & Sons. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A FOLDING KNIFE, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY JOHN SELLERS & SONS with folding blade formed with a clipped point and finely filed back-edge, struck with the maker’s mark, the letters ‘SS’ enclosed by four daggers at the ricasso, spring back filed en suite, German silver fillets, mother-of-pearl scales and each side with three finely engraved German silver plaques decorated with scrolling foliage, 21.7 cm (closed) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 89. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A FOLDING DOUBLE KNIFE, UNWIN & RODGERS, SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1880 AND A FOLDING DIRK, EARLY 19TH CENTURY the first with two folding locking blades, each double-edged towards the point, with traces of etched decoration, on signed by the maker and the other stamped ‘anti garotte knife’ at the ricasso, German silver double quillons at each end, one inscribed ‘Joseph Fawkes’, brass fillets, horn scales and German silver escutcheon; the second with folding locking wavy blade, stamped ‘E.V.’ at the ricasso, slender iron quillons, and mother-of-pearl scales, the first: 13.2 cm (closed) (2) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 239. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A MASSIVE BOWIE KNIFE, WADE & BUTCHER, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FOR EXHBITION, with broad heavy blade double-edged at the point, signed in block capitals beneath the back-edge on one face, recessed rectangular ricasso marked ‘XCD’, off-set German silver oval guard, pistol grip hilt with milled copper alloy fillets and natural staghorn scales retained by four rivets, in a leather scabbard, perhaps its original, with belt loop, 47.0 cm blade LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 286. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A BOWIE KNIFE, WRAGG & SONS, SOLLY ST, MID-19TH CENTURY with broad double-edged blade, recessed ricasso signed in small stamped letters, German silver cross-piece and pommel, the latter cast with an alligator-horse on each face, and horn scales (restorations), in its tooled and gilt leather scabbard with German silver mounts, 30.8 cm blade LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 288. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

˜ A MINIATURE POCKET KNIFE, WRAGG & SON, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY AND FOUR EXTRA THIN POCKET KNIVES the first with two folding blades, awl and cork screw, brass fillets and mother-of-pearl scales; the second by Petty & Sons, with two folding blades and polished horn grips; the third with two blades and button hook; the fourth with two folding blades, one stamped ‘Innocent 1695’ and tortoiseshell scales; the fifth and sixth similar and the seventh with mother-of-pearl scales, the first: 5.0 cm (7) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 108 and 121. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A MULTI-BLADED PENKNIFE, H. YOULE, 23 BURGESS STREET, SHEFFIELD comprising twenty-one blades and tools including three main blades, tenon and coarse saws, awls, borers, corkscrews, button hook, fleam, farrier’s hook with concealed folding tools, scissors, nail file, leather needle, and pickers, the main blade stamped ‘H. Youle, 23 burgess street, Sheffield’ and ‘Lempart’, flat mother-of-pearl scales, finely machined internal springs and German fillets, German silver terminals, and vacant shield-shaped escutcheon, 10.8 cm (closed) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p.83. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A MILITARY FOLDING LOCK KNIFE INSCRIBED TO MAJOR B. PIGOTT, XXI HUSSARS, ARMY & NAVY, DATED 1888 with folding locking blade stamped ‘A&N’ and ‘CSI’ formed with a clipped-back point, a pair of folding German silver double quillons, brass fillets, chequered scales, German silver blade release stud engraved with the date and the owner’s name, in its leather scabbard with belt loop, 17.5 cm blade LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 220. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A HUNTING KNIFE, COOPER & CO. 58 PICCADILY AND ANOTHER, B.B.WELLS, 431 STRAND, LATE 19TH CENTURY the first with folding locking blade signed at the ricasso, chequered horn scales and German silver mounts; the second with signed fixed blade formed with a clipped point, and chequered horn scales, in its leather scabbard with loop, the first: 23.0 cm closed (2) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 216. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A RARE FOLDING HUNTING LANCE-KNIFE, KOOYSTRA, 69 OXFORD STREET, MID-19TH CENTURY with broad spear-point locking blade stamped ‘Kooystra, 69 Oxford St.’ at the ricasso, German silver covered locking bar, iron fillets with German silver mount at the top, natural staghorn scales applied with a German silver escutcheon on each side respectively engraved with the owner’s coat-of-arms and crest, the latter surmounting the initials ‘W.T.L.’ and the base with laterally pierced cylindrical iron mount, complete with its leather case, 32.7 cm (closed) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 90. The arms and crest are those of the Langrishe Baronets of Knocktopher Abbey, County Kilkenny, Ireland. J. D. Kooystra is recorded working as a cutler at this address in Johnstone’s London Commercial Guide of 1818. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A HUNTING DAGGER S. W. SILVER & CO, CORNHILL, OLD BOND STREET AND LEADENHALL STREET, LONDON, LATE 19TH CENTURY with broad blade of flattened-diamond section, signed on one face, rectangular ricasso, oval steel guard pierced for the spring-catch, milled copper alloy fillets, shaped natural staghorn scales retained by five rivets, and vacant German silver escutcheon, in its leather scabbard with spring-catch and belt loop, 25.2 cm blade LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 298. Stephen Winkworth Silver & Co was founded in 1823 and are recorded at 66 and 67 Cornhill in 1848. They supplied clothing to the military and travellers as well as furniture and later sporting goods. By 1900 they had branches in Liverpool, Bradford, Birmingham, Sheffield, Cardiff, Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin and works at Silvertown and at Persan-Beaumont, France. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.