Cavalry Officer's Saber, ca. 1793–95, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American, Philadelphia, Steel, silver, wood, textile, copper, H. 41 in. (104.1 cm); H. of blade 34 1/2 in. (87.6 cm); W. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); D. 4 in. (10.2 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 10.3 oz. (745.6 g), Swords, This saber is exceptional among eighteenth-century American silver-hilted examples for the fact that it is constructed with a basket-hilt. The design for the hilt is likely to have been derived from British prototypes as the knuckleguard with scrolled side-bars is related in conception to the hilts of some eighteenth-century British sabers, including a silver-hilted officer’s spadroon made in London ca
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Cavalry Officer, Saber, ca, 1793–95, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American, Steel, silver, wood, textile, copper, H, 41, 104.1 cm, blade 34 1/2, 87.6, W, 4 5/8, 11.7, D, 4, 10.2, Wt, 1 lb, 10.3 oz, 745.6 g, Swords, saber, exceptional, eighteenth-century American, silver-hilted, examples, fact, constructed, basket-hilt, design, hilt, derived, British prototypes, knuckleguard, scrolled side-bars, related, conception, hilts, British, sabers, silver-hilted officer, spadroon, London ca
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