December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
A mid-18th century, brass-hilted British hanger contracted by the Board of Ordnance; 31 in. L overall, with a 25 3/8 in L blade, 1 1/16 W at ricasso, single-edged and a narrow fuller. Its blade is marked on right side at ricasso with an Ordnance inspector's touchmark "[crown] / 4”. The brass hilt has a semi-urn pommel, ringed-grip, and D-guard with dished heart-shape counterguard. This sword is believed to be the pattern issued to the enlisted matrosses of the Royal Regiment of Artillery during the 1740s-1760s and it can be observed on such troops depicted in the David Morier painting of "The Royal Artillery in the Lowlands", 1748, now in the collections of the National Army Museum in London. PROVENANCE: Tom Wnuck Collection until 2002; Erik Goldstein Collection; purchased as lot 69 of the Goldstein Collection at Bruneau Auctions, APR 2022. CONDITION: brass hilt pleasing dull-tone, blade with dark pewter patina with some light freckling; in overall good to very good condition.