3283

$2,587.50

CONFEDERATE SHORT SWORD PROBABLY MADE IN COLUMBUS GEORGIA.

SN NSN. This particular well made short sword with turned wooden handle (possibly beech) was thought in the past to have been made by the Union Carworks in Norfolk, VA (see Albaugh, Confederate Arms ). New information and excavated examples in the Columbus, GA area make it most likely that these short swords were possibly made as naval cutlasses in Columbus, GA, possibly by Louis Haiman. Regardless of manufacturer in Columbus, this is a nice example of this classic wasp waist Confederate short sword. PROVENANCE: Greene Museum of Southern History. CONDITION: This 23-5/8″ sword is very good overall with 18-1/4″ blade being gray/brown, showing tool marks, old sharpening, staining and pitting. S-shaped 5-1/2″ iron guard and 7/8″ ferrule are brown/gray with staining and pitting. Wood handle is solid with scattered scrapes, dents and reductions with good hand worn patina. Copper washer at crown with peened over tang is intact, dark mustard patina and handle is tight. 4-54269 JS216 (4,000-6,000) – Lot 3283

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Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014

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