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A 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer's SabreBy Osborn, Late 18th Century
22 April 2009, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,880 inc. premium
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By Osborn, Late 18th Century
By Osborn, Late 18th Century
With broad curved fullered blade bright for over half its length and double-edged towards the point, the forte etched and gilt against a blued ground on one side with a mounted cavalryman and crowned 'GR' cypher beneath a baldachin, and on the other with a trophy of arms, pre 1801 royal arms and motto, and foliage involving a rocaille, the back etched with maker's name and 'Warranted', regulation steel stirrup hilt with faceted rounded pommel and back-piece in one, and ribbed leather-covered grip bound with twisted silver wire, in original steel scabbard with two split-rings for suspension (hilt and scabbard with some light pitting)
83 cm. blade
83 cm. blade
Footnotes
For more information regarding this maker, in partnership with John Gunby from about 1805, see Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords, 2001, pp. 189-90








