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Lot 3166

A lot of three U.S. Model 1860 staff and field officer's swords
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10 June 2013, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

Sold for US$491.40 inc. premium

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A lot of three U.S. Model 1860 staff and field officer's swords

Comprising: 1) Example with 30 inch etched blade, the ricasso marked The/M.C. Lilley & Co./Columbus, O.; brass hilt with folding counterguard; shagreen-wrapped grip bound with four strands of brass wire; nickeled scabbard. 2) Another, retailed by The Henderson Ames Company; etched blade; gilt brass hilt without counterguard; leather and brass wire-wrapped grip; nickeled scabbard. 3) Retailed by Parson & Co. of St. Louis, Missouri, the etched blade marked Germany; brass hilt with folding counterguard; shagreen and brass wire-wrapped grip; nickeled scabbard.
Condition: 1) Blade cleaned, wear and scattered marks; hilt with dark patina, counterguard catch broken; grip fine; scabbard with dark patina. 2) Blade with light spotting; hilt with traces of gilding; grip scuffed; scabbard with frosting and salt and pepper spotting. 3) Blade with minor spotting; hilt with dark patina, the top of the pommel removed and replaced with a post-1902 gilt button; scabbard showing bubbling and dark spotting.

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