SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY. 31 1/2 straight d.e. blade. Cruciform hilt with expanding swallow tail terminal cross guard and inverted pear shaped pommel. Wire wrapped grip.
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Oval guard with hand engraved toothed fall. 4 1/2 diamond section blade. Silver scabbard with oval frog stud.
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Excellent with good age patina throughout and plating near complete. Second half of the 19th century.
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This Knights of Pythias sword made by James Luker, NY (163 Grand St.) dates to the second half of the 19th century when many members were Civil War veterans. The 30 d.e. blade is etched more than half its length both sides including the owners name.
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Carved wood, 9 3/4 and 11 3/4 respectively representing the two forms of fighting knives, the large single edged Bowie and the double edged spear point Arkansas Toothpick.
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Civil War issue. Standard pattern with 27 3/4 wide fullered straight s.e. blade maker marked S & K at the forte.
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Pattern identified as the model 1860 (Peterson #53) though its exact date of adoption is not known due to ambiguity in government purchase records. Patterned after the French model which had a steel hilt.
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30 1/4 blade finely etched and engraved with the officers name. Brass mounted black leather covered scabbard shows a little dry flaking and crazing. Mounts exc. with gilt in protected areas.
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The Molly Maguires defaced and disgraced! As would be expected for any secret society, facts about their activities are outweighed by speculation. Still the result was that in the years 1876-78, numerous Mollies were tried for crimes and many executed.
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Model 1872, Peterson #109. German made as virtually all were including the example illustrated by Peterson. Brass hilt with P form guard and wire wrapped sharkskin grip about excellent for the period.
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The sword of Lt. Arthur Whitfield Huguley, US Coast Artillery who also played football for Harvard. Standard pattern, the blade etched near full length both sides including Boston retailer’s name.
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Brass hilt with P form guard slotted for a knot. Integral back strap and pommel.
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Emulating the fashion which swept across Europe in the late 17th century. Evidently of limited popularity in America as examples are very rare. This one, post dates the European fashion by a few years as expected and embraced the French taste.
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Form based on the English infantry swords of the period with faceted urn form pommel, flattened knuckle bow, bulbous quillon terminal and double shell guard with incised line border.
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Pattern used through the Civil War and still in current use. This example Probably no more that 20 years old and showing but little use. The 29” straight broad fullered blade etched with USN, military trophies, fouled anchor and foliage.
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Civil War issue of standard pattern. The 26” curved s.e. blade marked at the base with anchor, USN DR (Daniel Reynolds) inspection mark and 1862.
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Standard Civil War issue.
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Standard pattern (P.10) with 31 3/4” blade marked COLLINS & CO HARTFORD CONN/1861.
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Standard pattern, Peterson #154. Gilt hilt with eagle motif pommel and lion head quillon terminals. Simulated wire twist grip.
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The seventeenth century in Italy saw the refinement, of the dagger into a from described by Oakeshott as “beautiful. horrible” weapons. As with all evolution, theirs was in response to specific forces in society during the period.
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Brescia, Italy has been noted for the quality of its metal work since the early Renaissance. Pierced, embossed and relief chiseled elements for furniture, swords, daggers, armor and later, firearms of the finest quality were produced.
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. Peterson #77. 30” curved s.e. plated blade well etched with US, stars & bars and eagle. Inset proof at the forte and reverse with B. Pasquale & Co. San Francisco retailer’s name.
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After the Civil War, Irish coal miners in Pennsylvania, fought the mine owners who failed to provide safe or decent working conditions. Working through a secret society, the Ancient Order of Hybernians, founded in the 18th century, they resorted to..
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Type largely made for naval officers, but privately produced and purchased. This example with 10 1/4” curved s.e. blade decorated with foliage. Quite crisp with dark patina and spotty pits slightly obscuring the decoration which includes a central motif
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Evidently the earliest example recorded! 25 3/4” length with 20 3/4” s.e. blade. Original two piece horn grips with chamfered edges and beaked terminal show very dark translucent patina.
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Made from a gnarled limb with the bark intact. Silver oval escutcheons for wrist thong.
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