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LOT 4336. UNIQUE INSCRIBED SHEFFIELD FOLDER TO PROMINENT WISCONSINIAN, CIRCA 1850
02-23259
8.25″ overall, 4″ wavy dagger blade etched “JOHN WARREN HUNT” & “WISCONSIN” on opposite sides. This is a wonderful piece of Sheffield art, unsigned by the cutler but finally crafted with polished steel, and spiral cut pinned ivory scales. This is a fine and elegant unique blade inscribed gentlemen’s folder in magnificent condition. Dr. John Warren Hunt (1826-1859) at time of his death only 33 years old was Asst. Secretary of State, Secretary of the Democratic Convention, Grand Secretary of the Masonic Grand Lodge, publisher of the Wisconsin Gazetteer, member of the Dane Cavalry Company, and member of the Madison Hook & Ladder Company. He died of consumption [tuberculosis] which had no cure in 19th century. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: Custom protective sleeve, copy of obituary 1859.
PROVENANCE: Mike Clark, Houston, TX; Adrian Van Dyk Knife List No. 115, September 1978; Larry W. Williams lifetime collection-purchased from Van Dyk 1978; featured in “A Dirk With a History”, Antique Bowie Knife Journal, Spring 2004.
NON-GUN
