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Lot 230

An 1788 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer's Sabre, And Another of 1796 Pattern
The Second By W. & S. Dawes, Birmingham, Both Late 18th Century

27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £600 inc. premium

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An 1788 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer's Sabre, And Another of 1796 Pattern
The Second By W. & S. Dawes, Birmingham, Both Late 18th Century

The first with curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point and etched with crowned 'GR' monogram between foliage over one side of the forte, and royal arms and mottoes between a martial trophy and foliage over the other, the back with bladesmith's name 'J.J. Runkel, Solingen', regulation D-shaped hilt with ovoidal langets, rear quillon with faceted tapering terminal, knuckle-guard, faceted peaked pommel and back-piece in one, and swelling vertically ribbed ebony grip (chipped); the second with similar blade etched over half its length on each side, one side with maker's name in an oval, a cavalryman on horseback, crowned 'GR' monogram, a martial trophy, figure of Victory, and a flowering urn, and along the other with 'Warranted 1798' in an oval, a figure of Britannia, pre-1801 royal arms and mottoes, and a flowering urn involving a lion-mask, regulation stirrup hilt, and wire-bound leather-covered grip (both swords with some wear and rust patination) (2)
82.5 cm. and 81.5 cm. blades

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