November 15 & 16, 2022 Extraordinary Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/15/2022
A nice example of an early 19th century saber by John Lynch, a Baltimore silversmith and watch-and-clock maker. Features a curved, double fullered, imported European blade. Deep, unstopped fuller just beneath the spine with a shallow, wider fuller at the center of the blade. The blade exhibits 16 crude stars as well as 2 refined crescent moons with facial features on each side. There are 3 pierced holes in the center fuller. Silver guard terminates in a shell quillon and forms into a stirrup knucklebow. The front of the crossguard is hallmarked "J. LYNCH" towards the top in a rectangle. Red leather buffer between blade and crossguard. Octagonal reeded ebony grip with silver pommel cap and ferrule at base. Rounded doorknob capstan. CONDITION: The blade retains a gray patina with scattered areas of spotting. Grip has some minor marks from use and a hairline age crack. This sword is featured on page 333 of "American Silver-Hilted, Revolutionary and Early Federal Swords, Volume I" by Dan Hartzler.
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