Knife is in original condition with some signs of wear and some corrosion measuring approximately 15 3/4” long with a 10 1/4 inch double edged hand forged blade with an approximate 3/8 median ridge having a partial tang and clipped ricasso. Maker marked on blade JUKES COULSON & Co.
Knife could be from late 18th century too early 1800s hand tacked mismatched on both sides of hilt & grip.
Came from a well known auction house in Cannan Connecticut
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Jukes Coulson I (1751-1794) was a leading London ironmonger and iron merchant. When he died at Paddington on 15 August 1794, he left his wife, Martha, £700 a year for life. His nephew, Jukes Coulson II (1779-1854), next operated Jukes Coulson & Co, export ironmongers, at St Clement’s Lane, London. He was joined by his eldest son, Jukes Coulson III (1800-1858). By the 1840s, the former had retired to Clifton, where he died on 24 May 1854, leaving £500 to his son. By the 1850s, Jukes Coulson & Co had offices in Birmingham and Change Alley, Sheffield. In 1860, the firm was a general hardware merchant at Queen’s Steel Works in Holly Street (besides London and Birmingham). Coulson exported trade knives (known as buffalo or chief’s knives) to North American fur companies (such as the Hudson’s Bay Co), trappers, and Native Americans (Russell, 1967). Marks seen on Coulson knives include ‘FOX’; an arrow head and letter ‘I’; and ‘NON*XLL’ (the use of the latter is perhaps explained by Coulson hiring William M. Broadhurst, as agent). Jukes Coulson III died on 31 May 1858 at Burleigh Villa, Bridge Road, St John’s Wood, Middlesex, leaving under £8,000. His widow, Catherine Dunlop Coulson (c.1818-1893), became senior partner.