LOT OF 3: SMALL NAVAL MIDSHIPMAN'S DIRKS.

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/15/2022

Lot consists of 3 small dirks, usually associated with Navy midshipmen circa 1820-1850, all with straight, double-edged spearpoint blades with median ridges. (A) Turned bone handle, gilt brass scabbard with button frog stud. Inside faces of the guard are rendered as eagles. CONDITION: Fair to good. Chips and crack to grip, pommel cap missing. Some gilt remaining on scabbard. Blade dark, traces of gold filled etched floral motifs. (B) Crudely replaced silver sheet wrap to grip. Thin silver guard and scabbard mounts. CONDITION: Fair. Scabbard almost broken through near tip. Blade dark. (C) Turned bone grip with stains and crack, but solid. Blade gray with dark stains. Nice open guard of interlocking loops with roped upper surfaces. CONDITION: Good. Illustrated in "American Silver-Hilted, Revolutionary and Early Federal Swords, Vol 1", pg. 354, when part of a Fells Point, Maryland, collection. The guards on A and C are particularly attractive.

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Value

Blade Length

(A) 5" (B) 4 - 3/4" (C) 4 - 1/2"

Overall Length

(A) 8" (B) 7 - 1/2" (C) 7 - 3/4"

Paperwork

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