Braided-Wire-wrapped, grip with matching steel surfaces. Chiseled Ball-type pommel-cap with matching steel-gray surfaces, en suite with the guard.
Steel hilt of German/Italian mid-16th Century Germanic Style with a decoratively pierced, ring-type cross-guard with thread-engraved downward curved quillons. Retains a smooth age patina with scattered light discoloration and oxidation. Gunmetal-toned, rust patinated, steel surfaces with an unmarked, 12", double edged, spear-point blade. Italian design and in overall very good generally untouched condition. 54-55.Ī VERY GOOD LATE VICTORIAN/EDWARDIAN PERIOD COPY OF A GERMAN/ITALIAN MID-16TH CENTURY MAIN-GAUCHE/LEFT-HAND DAGGER, ca. Peterson's: "The American Sword 1775-1945", pg. For similar examples and additional information, please see, Harold L. In overall very good+/fine condition and a classic & complete example of a US Model 1860 American Civil War Naval Cutlass, made by the noted Civil War Contractor Ames, Mfg. The scabbard with very good+ smooth and supple, leather surfaces with much of its black finish and the expected crazing, minor scuffs, abrasions and signs of use, age and wear. Complete with its original black leather scabbard with brass riveted longitudinal seam (four rivets missing) and its original side-mounted, brass frog/attachment-stud. Black colored spiral grooved wooden grip with dark surfaces, much of its blackened/tarred finish and signs of age/wear.
The hilt with an untouched mustard-toned patina and is marked on its quillon with a “5 M./239” Ship’s Rack Marking. The blade retains its original cutting-edge and has smooth steel surfaces with much polish and light signs of use & wear. Regulation Model 1860 Brass hilt with riveted cupped hand guard (minor separation at uppermost rivet) and an untouched mustard-colored patina with its wire-wrapped, spiral-cut wooden grip with a blackened/tarred Naval-type finish (the wire missing and the tarred finish with some chips): often the practice during the Civil War to help prevent oxidation/deterioration. Marked at the base with an "AMES Mfg./Chicopee, MASS" maker's marking (worn) and on its opposite side with an "1862" date of manufacture. 1862: Regulation length, 26", saber-form, fullered, single edge, steel blade with a curved cutting edge and "bright" steel surfaces with 90%+ polish. A VERY GOOD+ AMERICAN CIVIL WAR US MODEL 1860 NAVAL CUTLASS & SCABBARD, Dtd.
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