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AN ENGLISH BOWIE KNIFE BY MARSH BROTHERS & CO., PONDSWORKS, SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1860
The spear-point blade with long 4½ inch false edge, marked mid-blade MARSH BROTHERS & CO./PONDSWORKS, SHEFFIELD, German-silver cross guard, cutlery-type ferrule and pommel cap (damaged), horn grip inlaid with silver and mother-of-pearl decoration in the form of a bird in a branch and grape vine
7¾ inch (19.2 cm.) blade
The spear-point blade with long 4½ inch false edge, marked mid-blade MARSH BROTHERS & CO./PONDSWORKS, SHEFFIELD, German-silver cross guard, cutlery-type ferrule and pommel cap (damaged), horn grip inlaid with silver and mother-of-pearl decoration in the form of a bird in a branch and grape vine
7¾ inch (19.2 cm.) blade
Literature
Conger, Roger N., Texas Collector: Gaines de Graffenried, Texian Press, Waco, 1987, page 30.