December 17, 2026 The Estate Of Whitefoord Cole II: Firearms & Militaria
The live portion of this session begins on Thursday, December 17, 2026.
Lot #1206:
CONFEDERATE NASHVILLE PLOW WORKS CAVALRY OFFICERS SABER.
Scarce Nashville Plow Works marked Confederate Cavalry Officer’s Saber. The saber features a curved blade with a 34 - 1/2” fuller. The blade exhibits a gray patina with scattered pitting. Numerous small nicks on blade edge. A small section of the point is broken off. The face of the crudely sand-cast brass guard is marked “NASHVILLE PLOW WORKS” raised in an arc over the blade and with the letters “C S A” in a wide arc under the blade. The guard is cast unevenly with varying thickness and shows scattered casting flaws. The hilt has the distinctive Sharp & Hamilton bird’s head profile with a brass backstrap, a gilded iron grip ferrule and no capstan nut, with the blade secured by a simple peen. A pleasing patina is exhibited throughout the hilt. The wood grip has 10 grooves. Leather wrap is mostly intact with scattered scuffs and chips and the strands of twisted wire remain loosely in place. The wood grip remains sturdy. Hilt wobbles slightly. Three-branch style guard with a knuckle bow exhibits simple decorations on the face, along with the markings. A flat, round, forward-swept quillon tops the guard. Leather throat washer is missing. The saber is complete with a Confederate scabbard but it is not the scabbard normally associated with Nashville Plow Works. The scabbard is lap seamed and soldered along the upper edge, with brass mountings and no throat. The mounts have two iron split ring hangers. Iron drag. There are a few light stress cracks at the throat. The scabbard exhibits a pleasing dark patina with scattered blemishes throughout and one dent. CONDITION: Good.