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1528. English spear-point bowie knife made by John Walters & Co. (1841-62), rare. 440 grams, 14-1/2” long. A handmade bowie
knife of a larger size likely made for the American western frontier or battlefields, with great original patina on the blade showing engraving at
top “Best Quality / HUNTERS COMPANION” and maker’s name and city (Sheffield) on ricasso, with sturdy nickel-silver guard and tight
India Stag Handle. Walters supplied frontier outposts from California to Kentucky in the 1850s, in addition to the Confederate Army at the start
of the Civil War, a fact that was first revealed when several Walters’ bowie knives like this one were found on the wreck of the Modern Greece
(a Confederate blockade runner that ran aground off North Carolina in the summer of 1862) in the mid-1900s. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

1529. Spanish (Toledo) model 1843 artillery/engineer’s short sword, dated 1876, Spanish-American War. 1132 grams, 22”
long. Very wide blade (2-1/4”) with point blunted from use, clearly engraved ARTa FABa DE TOLEDO 1876 on ricasso, heavy brass handle
with fish-scale grip, plain crossbar and two-sided pommel with design of plant in vase, lightly patinated all over, a design issued to Spanish
colonial artillery to be used as both a weapon and a tool (like a machete). With photo-certificate. Estimate: $300-$450.

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