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Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967)
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Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967)
An antler-handled hunting-knife, marked 'Weiss London', the tapering steel blade with partly serrated back, the shaped white metal guard with a slightly tapering antler handle carved with trussed stag and hunting bag in semi-relief, with scroll terminal, the reverse of the handle with inscription 'MACK./FROM HUSS AND TIDDLER', the green leather sheaf with white metal mounts and strap loop, marked on hilt
PROVENANCE:
Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), a gift from Leonard Hussey ('Huss') and his wife ('Tiddler'), and thence by descent to the present owners.
An antler-handled hunting-knife, marked 'Weiss London', the tapering steel blade with partly serrated back, the shaped white metal guard with a slightly tapering antler handle carved with trussed stag and hunting bag in semi-relief, with scroll terminal, the reverse of the handle with inscription 'MACK./FROM HUSS AND TIDDLER', the green leather sheaf with white metal mounts and strap loop, marked on hilt
PROVENANCE:
Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), a gift from Leonard Hussey ('Huss') and his wife ('Tiddler'), and thence by descent to the present owners.
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