AMERICAN SILVER HILTED SMALL SWORD BY JOHN EDWARDS, BOSTON, 1740.

AMERICAN SILVER HILTED SMALL SWORD BY JOHN EDWARDS, BOSTON, 1740. This exact sword is shown as Fig. 5 in Harold Peterson’s “American Silver Mounted Swords 1700-1815, Catalog of an Exhibition Held at the Corcoran Gallery of Art” which was printed in 1955. Mr. Peterson, in his monograph, correctly describes this sword as follows: “By John Edwards, Boston, 1670-1746. Typical small sword hilt devoid of decoration except for the very interesting faceting of the underside of the pommel. The maker’s touch appears on the obverse side of the knuckle-bow near the pommel, on the obverse side of the quillon finial, and on the hilt side of the obverse shell of the counterguard. The letters “TD” are etched on the obverse side of the ricasso. The blade is of the colichemarde pattern, triangular in section, etched with floral and bird designs near the hilt. 35-1/2″ overall, blade 29-3/4″ by 1-3/8″ wide at the hilt.” PROVENANCE: Dwight Blaney. CONDITION: Silver overall is very good. Pommel still has good form. Knuckle bow well formed. Quillon is bent down as can be seen in photos. Edwards touch mark is seen on quillon and where knuckle bow enters pommel. One clamshell languet has an old soldered repair probably from sword’s period of use. The grip consists of tightly wrapped silver wire of a couple different types wrapped over wood. The wire appears to be mostly intact though loose in areas with an old, probably contemporary, soldered repair which occurs in first few strands of wire leaving pommel. Colichemarde blade also appears to have contemporary repair about 10″ from hilt where the blade tapers from 1-3/8″ to about 5/8″. Blade has floral decorated designs which are discernible under areas of rust and pitting. There is a 22-1/2″ fragment of the original scabbard which has a couple modern repairs where broken and as can be seen in photos. The rusted areas on blade correspond to where the scabbard has sat for many years. 4-44279 JS72 (7,000-9,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2309	$5,175.00	AMERICAN SILVER HILTED SMALL SWORD BY JOHN EDWARDS, BOSTON, 1740. This exact sword is shown as Fig. 5 in Harold Peterson’s “American Silver Mounted Swords 1700-1815, Catalog of an Exhibition Held at the Corcoran Gallery of Art” which was printed in 1955. Mr. Peterson, in his monograph, correctly describes this sword as follows: “By John Edwards, Boston, 1670-1746. Typical small sword hilt devoid of decoration except for the very interesting faceting of the underside of the pommel. The maker’s touch appears on the obverse side of the knuckle-bow near the pommel, on the obverse side of the quillon finial, and on the hilt side of the obverse shell of the counterguard. The letters “TD” are etched on the obverse side of the ricasso. The blade is of the colichemarde pattern, triangular in section, etched with floral and bird designs near the hilt. 35-1/2″ overall, blade 29-3/4″ by 1-3/8″ wide at the hilt.” PROVENANCE: Dwight Blaney. CONDITION: Silver overall is very good. Pommel still has good form. Knuckle bow well formed. Quillon is bent down as can be seen in photos. Edwards touch mark is seen on quillon and where knuckle bow enters pommel. One clamshell languet has an old soldered repair probably from sword’s period of use. The grip consists of tightly wrapped silver wire of a couple different types wrapped over wood. The wire appears to be mostly intact though loose in areas with an old, probably contemporary, soldered repair which occurs in first few strands of wire leaving pommel. Colichemarde blade also appears to have contemporary repair about 10″ from hilt where the blade tapers from 1-3/8″ to about 5/8″. Blade has floral decorated designs which are discernible under areas of rust and pitting. There is a 22-1/2″ fragment of the original scabbard which has a couple modern repairs where broken and as can be seen in photos. The rusted areas on blade correspond to where the scabbard has sat for many years. 4-44279 JS72 (7,000-9,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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