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1935-249, Sword
Sabre with Slotted "D" Guard
1935-249, Sword

Sabre with Slotted "D" Guard

Dateca.1775-1790
OriginAmerica and Europe
MediumSteel, iron, brass and bone
DimensionsOverall: 35 1/2" Blade: 29 1/2" x 1 7/16" Hilt: 6 1/16"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1935-249
DescriptionBrass hilt with a 4-slot "D" guard and an ovoid pommel embellished with turned lines. Spiraling bone grip reinforced by a brass ferrule at its base. European triple-fullered blade, slightly curved with a long flat area below the hilt.
Label TextThough not quite long enough to be a dragoon sword, this sabre could have been made for a mounted infantry officer. It imitates those produced in England for Redcoated officers but incorporates a bone grip instead of a more difficult to get ivory one. Large numbers of triple-fullered blades, likely made in Solingen (Germany), were brought here during the Revolutionary period and were mounted with a wide array of hilts by American smiths.