December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
An extremely rare example of a Model 1808 cutlass by Nathan Starr, consisting of a straight 28 - 3/8" blade with a long narrow fuller; the blade is stamped at ricasso with "N. STARR" in a deep cartouche, eagle and "US". The hilt consists of a cupped guard of sheet iron, with a rolled iron "quillon at top, and tapering along the knucklebow to the end of the grip, where the tang of the blade is peened to it in the usual manner. The grip itself is of maple, with a sheet iron ferrule at each end. The outer face of the guard bears a rack number "XVI" impressed into it. PROVENANCE: Ex. Coll., Robert F. Wheeler Baltimore MD; James L. Kochan to Lee Bull, 2004; reacquired in 2020. CONDITION: Metal with a smooth, chocolate patina throughout, with some pitting to tip and heavy pitting to front ferrule on the wooden grip, the rear one now missing; grip has later varnish applied. A number of cuts or chips on the upper half of the blade's edge.