Very Rare Sheffield Bowie Knife, c.1855.
Clip pointed blade stamped ricasso 'first rate, Booth & Murray, Sheffield'. The blade etched with patriotic motto 'For Australia' and scroll decorations. Nickel silver oval guard. Cast bronze cutlery hilt in the form of a sheaf of wheat. Purportedly carried by an Australian soldier during WWI, and later used around Cooma, NSW. With original scabbard. (L36cm)
Ex Neville Locker Collection.

PROVENANCE:
From the collection of the late Warren Mallard

LITERATURE:
'A Sure Defence, the Bowie Knife Book' 1988, No.22 pp.24-25. Kenneth Burton.

Estimate $1,500-3,000