End of Year Western, American Indian & Jewelry Sale - Date Moved to DEC 5TH
Sat, Dec 5, 2020 11:00AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 361
American Indian Baldwin & Hill Dag Knife Mid-19th
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
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This is an exceptional mid-19th Century American Indian Dag Knife made by the Baldwin & Hill Company in New York. Baldwin & Hill were documented makers of knives, spear blades, razors and cutlery for the fur trade of the 1800’s with a very limited number of authentic surviving examples in any private or museum collections. This example likely started out as a war lance or spear head with large side-notch double notch cuts, later being hafted and made into a dag knife. The blade shows a doble edge with median ridge running down the center of both sides, a documented lance and dag feature. The blade is stamped nicely “Baldwin & Hill New York”, an original touch mark. The handle is comprised of walnut hardwood one piece with fine authentic patina being adorned with old tarnished copper telegraph wire wrapped at the gripping area and brass trade tacks at the pommel butt end. The piece shows some minor nicks, scratches and oxidation on the blade attributing to its authentic American Indian use of the 1800’s. Authentic hallmarked dag knives are extremely rare and hard to come by with this example truly being a fantastic piece. Other dag knives by Baldwin & Hill and their hallmarks can be seen in John Baldwin’s 1997 book “Early Knives and Beaded Sheaths of the American Frontier” and his 2002 book “Indian Guns, Spears and Shields of the American Frontier” both scans being shown in the lots pictures for example. Provenance: From the ex-collection of Tom Hardy in Indiana. Dag measures 13 inches long by 2 ½ inches wide.
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