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A VERY RARE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR PERIOD AMERICAN "MONKEY/LION HEAD" POMMEL SLOT-HILT HORSEMAN'S/CAVALRY SABER w/ ITS ORIGINAL SCABBARD, ca. 1770s: In overall fine & complete condition. Unmarked, 31 1/2", single edge, Hand-forged, American Blacksmith made, slightly curved "Back type" blade with smooth, steel-gray-colored surfaces, an untouched age patina and a reinforced back/spine. A sharp cutting-edge and generally smooth, lightly mottled, steel surfaces with a very good tip. American made, cast & embossed, Slot-Type, brass Hilt. An integrally cast spiral-form grip and a slightly curved, rounded upper “quillon”. A classic, Colonial American style, "folkish" & somewhat coarsely cast & engraved, "Monkey/Lion Head" Pommel with a stirrup-type knuckle-guard with matching, smooth, golden-toned, brass surfaces. In overall fine condition with smooth steel and brass surfaces with the expected signs of use & wear. The blade with smooth, steel-gray, steel surfaces and some minor surface imperfections-- from manufacture, light scattered patches of discoloration/staining and its original sharp cutting edge and tip. A Rare American Revolutionary War Period American Monkey/Lion Head Pommel Slot-Hilt Cavalry/Horseman's Saber, ca. 1770. Overall length, 38". Complete with its original, Brass Mounted, Leather Scabbard, en suite. The scabbard with very good+ untouched, smooth & supple, lightly crazed, dark-brown-colored, leather surfaces with simply embossed line decorations and fine stitchings. Signs of use, wear and age with some minor imperfections, abrasions/scuffs and small losses. In very good+ untouched condition with lightly oxidized, crazed & supple, leather surfaces and expected signs of use and age. Fine brass mounts with smooth, clean, brass surfaces matching the hilt. Retains its original drag and throat with its iron suspension-ring. A very Rare & Complete example of an American Revolutionary War Period American Monkey/Lion Head Pommel Cavalry Saber w/ its Original Scabbard, ca. 1770s. For similar type examples and additional information, please see G. C. Neumann's: "Swords & Blades of the American Revolution”, plts. 336.S, 337.S & 355.S & "Colonial Swords of New England/Part I: Lion Head Pommels", by William H. Guthman, in Man at Arms Magazine, Sept/Oct 1982. Price: $11,575.00 |
