A silver-mounted and inlaid presentation pipe tomahawk signed ‘R. (Richard) Butler’ and inscribed to ‘Lt John Maclellan (sic), circa 1765–70
N LATE MAY, the Revolutionary War presentation pipe tomahawk seen here set the world auction record for any tomahawk. The piece, which is thought to be the most important and best known American tomahawk in existence, received a staggering 42 bids before it achieved its final high-estimate-shattering
