Item Description
Original Item. Only One Available. The War of 1812 was a very strange War. The Americans invaded Canada, the British retaliated and burned the White House, Peace was declared and then the British lost the Battle of New Orleans because no one realized the War was over!
Here we have a very upmarket original Mounted Officer’s ivory gripped U.S. Officer's sword from the 1812 War period. The sword is all brass mounted with a standard "P" handguard with a beautifully decorated ivory grip. The grip is carved ribbed ivory or bone, and is mostly intact, with lovely age toning and age lines, with a bit of loss and cracking. The grip and handguard are somewhat loose, as the leather blade buffer is no longer present.
Overall it is 35¼” long, with a 30¾” long engraved and gold inlaid single edge curved blade. Each side has a fuller towards the spine, with some light engraving on the first 1/3 of the blade, which was originally all gold enhanced, much of which still remains. Also, much of the beautiful "fire blue" finish is present on the first half of the blade, something we rarely see! There is some wear, but the blue/purple color is still quite present, and even has some lovely designs at the transition to bright steel, done by masking the blade with lacquer, which was later removed. There is some light staining and heavy oxidation on the last 9 inches of the blade, as well as a bit near the cross guard, but nothing major. There are some chips in the blade as is expected with age.
This lovely sword comes together with its original brass mounted leather scabbard with a single hanging ring. The stitching has partially come undone but the scabbard is still solid. Hard to find in this condition especially being complete with its original Scabbard. The leather has shrunk over the past 200 years, but it still fully covers the blade. Wow!
A truly gorgeous early American sword, ready for further research and display.
Approximate Dimensions:
Blade Length: 30¾"
Overall length: 35¼“
Scabbard length: 31”
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