Bidspirit auction | Antique Cattaraugus Cutlery Display Case

Antique Cattaraugus Cutlery Display Case - Antique Cattaraugus Cutlery Display Case, famous American knife manufacturer founded in 1886, Little Valley, New York, tiny village knows at ”Magic Circle” which birthed roughly 70 different knife companies back in the 1900s, easel-back countertop display used to hold and display small consumer merchandise, glass front panel, slotted shelves, cardboard tags showing retail price points, no maker's mark, original wooden support leg functions like a picture frame easel, sleek style allowed shopkeepers to position the cutlery collection at an optimal eye-level view while taking up minimal counter depth, logo features a profile of a Native American chief, symbol chosen as an homage to the region's history, glass is not cracked, glass, wood frame and shelves need a good cleaning, lithographed paper header logo shows typical wear, color fading, mild water staining, foxing, fully intact, wood shelves show paint loss, tags are bent, $1.00 needs to be re-attached, frame shows edge wear, mild finish loss, but structurally sound with no dry rot, fair to good condition, see photos. Cattaraugus blades were so legendary that Admiral Richard E. Byrd explicitly selected their knives to accompany him on his historic expeditions to the South Pole!