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Date of the auction: 17.05.2022

Lot number 1001
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA HANGER WITH SLOTTED GUARD.

For another example with a similar pierced iron D-guard, see plate 318.S on page 167 of "Swords and...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$400 - US$800
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1002
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR HORSEMAN'S SABER

For a similar example, see figure E-13 on page 136 of "Weapons of the American Revolution" by Warren...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1003
AMERICAN SHORT SWORD.

For an identical hilt, see plate 349.S on page 178 of "Swords and Blades of the American Revolution...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1004
REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA SHORT SABER, PROBABLY AMERICAN.

Slightly curved single-edged double-fuller blade. Plain stirrup hilt with conical faceted pommelled...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,800 - US$3,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1005
AMERICAN COPY OF A MID-18TH CENTURY ENGLISH GRENADIER HANGER.

This is an American copy of the classic mid-18th century brass-hilted grenadier's hangers. The...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1006
AMERICAN REVERSE-P HILTED NCO SWORD WITH SCABBARD.

This late 18th century sword has a slightly curved, single-edged, tapered, and unfullered blade. The...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$600 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1007
FRENCH NAPOLEONIC MOUNTED OFFICER’S SABER.

This pattern of French-import saber, with Lion-head pommel, was highly popular among U.S. Army...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$600 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1008
POTTER TYPE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR HORSEMAN'S SABER.

For a sword with the same sheet iron four-slot D-guard with a "POTTER" marked blade, see plate...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1009
LOT OF 2: PILLOW POMMEL SWORDS, ONE WITH SCABBARD.

Comprising: (A) An attractive circa 1790 ivory-gripped, iron-mounted pillow pommel sword. The...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
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n. a.
Lot number 1010
AMERICAN LIGHT HORSE LION POMMEL HORSEMAN'S SABER, TESCHE BLADE.

This circa 1785-1790 dragoon saber is of the same pattern as the examples found marked on the blade...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1011
SILVER HILTED ENGLISH SMALL SWORD WITH SCABBARD, MARKED BY RETAILER FAYLE.

This desirable boat-guard silver hilt dates to about 1750. These were used by British and American...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,200 - US$2,400
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1012
VERY FINE CHISELED AND GILDED FRENCH SMALL SWORD WITH MILITARY MOTIFS.

This early 18th century small sword displays the art of the premiere European swordmakers. The...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,400 - US$2,400
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1013
THOMAS GILL MARKED 18TH CENTURY BRITISH INFANTRY SHORT SABER.

For an example with a similar hilt, see plate 156.S on page 113 of "Swords and Blades of the...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$600 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1014
BRITISH PATTERN 1796 INFANTRY NC OFFICER'S SWORD WITH SCABBARD KNOT.

Standard British 1796 Pattern with straight single-fullered blade with blued panel displaying gilded...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$700 - US$1,400
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1015
COMPOSITE REVOLUTIONARY WAR PERIOD AMERICAN CAVALRY SABER.

Slightly curved Spanish-type blade with three partial fullers on each side. Brass stirrup hilt with...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$600 - US$1,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1016
SILVER HILTED SMALL SWORD WITH HALLMARKS FOR 1761, JOHN CARMAN.

For a nearly identical example, see plate 211.S on page 132 of "Swords and Blades of the American...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1017
REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA GILT OFFICERS SMALL SWORD WITH SCABBARD AND KNOT.

For a nearly identical example, see plate 213 on page 132 of "Swords and Blades of the American...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1018
MID 18TH CENTURY GRENADIER'S HANGER MARKED HARVEY.

For an identical example, see plate 19.S on page 68 of "Swords and Blades of the American...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$600 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1019
ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED MILITARY OFFICER'S SMALL SWORD.

For a nearly identical example, see plate 207.S on page 130 of "Swords and Blades of the American...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,200 - US$2,400
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1020
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA SWORD WITH BRASS LION HEAD.

This sword was illustrated in the April 1957 edition of the magazine "The American Arms Collector...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,800 - US$3,600
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1021
BRASS HILTED AMERICAN CAVALRY SABER

For a similar hilt, see plate 351.S on page 178 of "Swords and Blades of the American Revolution" by...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,200 - US$2,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1022
AMERICAN SHORT SABER ATTRIBUTED TO JEREMIAH SNOW.

For a sword with an identical hilt, see plate 192.S on page 125 of "Swords and Blades of the...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,400 - US$2,800
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1023
REVOLUTIONARY WAR AMERICAN HANGER.

For a similar example of this hilt, see plate 180.S on page 121 of "Swords and Blades of the...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1024
AMERICAN LION POMMEL HANGER

This Revolutionary War period hanger features a tapered slightly curved blade with false edge and...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$2,400 - US$5,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1025
GERMANIC SHELL GUARD CUTTOE.

For a similar example of this hilt, see plate 85.SS on page 332 of "Battle Weapons of the American...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,200 - US$2,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1026
TARGET EYE SILVER HILTED PHILADELPHIA EAGLE POMMEL SABER.

The American manufactured blade is slightly curved with a clip point blade and single partial fuller...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$2,500 - US$4,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1027
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA HORSEMAN'S SABER.

For another American horseman's saber with a hilt of this style, see plate 311.S on page 165 of...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1028
MASSACHUSETTS SILVER HILTED EAGLE POMMEL SHORT SWORD WITH TARGET EYE.

This fine sword features a total of four eagles. For an identical example of this pommel, see figure...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1029
SALEM ATTRIBUTED AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR CUTLASS OR SHORT SABER.

For another example of hilt with a pommel of this type, see plate 72.SS on page 327 of "Battle...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$2,500 - US$4,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1030
SILVER HILTED AMERICAN SABER WITH SCABBARD, INSCRIBED TO MAJOR WM. WATTS...

Slightly curved single-edge blade with clip point and a wide shallow fuller on both sides. Silver...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$4,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1031
CHARLES HALL SILVER EAGLE POMMEL CUTTOE OF CAPT. MICHAEL WHITELY MORTALLY...

Historically important silver eagle-pommel cuttoe by Charles Hall, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, carried...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$30,000 - US$50,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1032
CAPTAIN SAMUEL CHANDLER'S REVOLUTIONARY WAR AMERICAN SILVER HILTED SMALL...

This sword descended through the Chandler family beginning with Samuel Chandler's wife, then to his...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$10,000 - US$20,000
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n. a.
Lot number 1033
(A) IMPORTANT IDENTIFIED REVOLUTIONARY WAR NEW ENGLAND FUSIL INSCRIBED "DB...

Benjamin Bacon (Sr., 1726-1807) of Canterbury, Connecticut, served throughout the war as a captain...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$30,000 - US$60,000
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n. a.
Lot number 1034
(A) MASSACHUSETTS COMMITTE OF SAFETY MUSKET SIGNED EB, ATTRIBUTED TO EDMUND...

Edmund Bemis is listed in "The New England Gun" by Merrill Lindsay as a maker of Committee of Safety...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$10,000 - US$20,000
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n. a.
Lot number 1035
EXTREMELY RARE BRITISH 5TH REGIMENT SILVER DOUBLE LOBE GORGET, LEXINGTON...

There are only a few known surviving examples of this rare double lobe pattern, which was only used...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$10,000 - US$30,000
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n. a.
Lot number 1036
RARE ENGRAVED EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRITISH GEORGE III STERLING SILVER ROYAL...

Measures 6 - 3/4" in diameter by 1 - 3/16" tall. Weight is 1 lb 6.8 oz. The side of the exterior is...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$4,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1037
SCARCE GEORGE IV GILT BRASS SEAL BOX.

Measures 6 - 3/4" in diameter with a height of 1". These seal boxes protected the was seal of...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1038
HALLMARKED VICTORIAN SILVER SEAL BOX HALLMARKED JOSEPH ANGEL.

Hallmarked for London and date letter for 1867, as well as "JA" maker's mark for Joseph Angel. This...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1039
LOT OF 2: REVOLUTIONARY WAR BUTTONS.

Comprising: (A) Pewter coat button measuring 15/16" in diameter with convex face crudely inscribed...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$300 - US$600
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1040
SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI MEDAL, ARTHUS BERTRAND EAGLE, BAILEY BANKS & BIDDLE.

This 20th century medal was manufactured by the firm of Arthus Bertrand of Paris for "BAILEY BANKS...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,400 - US$2,800
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1041
SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI MEDAL, THE DELAWARE EAGLE.

For another example, see number 68 on page 104 of "The Insignia of The Society of the Cincinnati...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1042
SCARCE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI BLAZER PATCH.

This patch was worn by society officers while in session. The eagle is embroidered in silver and...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$500 - US$1,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1043
SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 22 KARAT GOLD MEDAL.

The Society of Colonial Wars is a hereditary society composed of men, who trace their descents from...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$600 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1044
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR SHOULDER CARTRIDGE BOX.

For a nearly identical example from the George Neumann Collection, see the American shoulder box at...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$4,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1045
EARLY 19TH CENTURY PATRIOTIC GREAT SEAL WAFER IRON.

Circa early 19th century wafer iron featuring a nice patriotic Great Seal mold. The wafer iron is...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$600 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1046
RARE EARLY 18TH CENTURY TYPE I NEW ENGLAND HALBERD HEAD, EX. FLAYDERMAN.

For a similar example of this form with pierced daggers and diamonds, see plate 30 on page 35 of...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$3,500 - US$7,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1047
LOT OF 3: 18TH CENTURY BELT AXE AND TOMAHAWK HEADS.

Comprising: (A) A small belt axe with maker marks. Head measures 4 - 1/8" with a crescent 2 - 3/4...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1048
CONTEMPORARY KRA PIPE TOMAHAWK FOR GERALD DICESARE, PRESIDENT, 1983-1985.

Fine copy of a Revolutionary War brass-headed Pennsylvania pipe tomahawk. The brass head is an...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1049
MISSOURI WAR AXE OR HATCHET WITH ORIGINAL HAFT.

For a similar example with pierced head and four grooves around the eye, see Fig. 3 on page 104 of...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$3,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1050
LOT OF 2: SCARCE "GR" CYPHER WESTERWALD 18TH CENTURY STONEWARE JUGS.

These early 18th century grey salt-glazed stoneware jugs feature bright blue glazed decoration and...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
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