SOLD! for $780.00.
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- High Estimate: $450.00
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Civil War era Ames Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Massachusetts, Model 1840 Light Artillery Saber, dated 1864, with iron scabbard. Shagreen leather wrap with twisted brass wire, brass D guard, curved, single-edged blade, and iron scabbard with nickel-plated finish and two carrying rings. Ricasso marked "AMES MFG CO/CHICOPEE/MASS" obverse, "U.S./G.W.S/1864" reverse. Blade length: 31 1/2". Overall length with scabbard: 38 3/4".
PROVENANCE: Private Virginia collection, purchased c. 1980 from collector Gerald Hovater of Henderson, TN.
CONDITION: Expected wear consistent with field use, pitting, nicks to blade. Scabbard with areas of loss to nickel-plated finish, 3/4" dent to drag.
