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A 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer's SabreBy Henry Osborn, Sword Cutler, Bordsley Near Birmingham, Circa 1800
24 November 2021, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£1,500 - £1,800
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A 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer's Sabre
By Henry Osborn, Sword Cutler, Bordsley Near Birmingham, Circa 1800
By Henry Osborn, Sword Cutler, Bordsley Near Birmingham, Circa 1800
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 (some loss of finish) on one side with a cavalryman and crowned 'GR' cypher beneath a baldachin, and on the other with a trophy of martial 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, ribbed leather-covered grip (chipped beneath the pommel), and complete with its buff-leather wrist-strap, in original steel scabbard (minor dents and light pitting) engraved with maker's details in an oval on one side at the throat, and with two split-rings for suspension
82.5 cm. blade
82.5 cm. blade
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