Manufactured by S.C. Wragg of Sheffield, England c. 1848. Overall length is 14 3/8 inches with a 9 15/16 inch clip point blade. The blade is elaborately etched on the left side with a panel centrally featuring a banner marked "GENERAL TAYLOR FOR PRESIDENT" backed by floral motifs and the left ricasso is marked "S.C. WRAGG/25/FURNACE HILL/SHEFFIELD". The message on the blade is almost certainly in reference to the 1848 presidential election which Mexican-American War hero General Zachary Taylor went on to win. Ironically during his campaign Taylor stated that he wished to replace the "bowie knife and revolver" with "law and order" in California. A very similar Wragg knife for a different political campaign is pictured on p. 469 of "The Antique Bowie Knife Book" by Adams, Voyles, and Moss. The guard is thin elliptically shaped German silver and the German silver grip has horn grip scales and a lion and floral designs on each side of the hilt. Includes a lightly tooled leather sheath with German silver fittings.