Image Lot Price Description

3322
$390.00

ALTERED US MODEL 1860 NAVAL CUTLASS. Of regulation form having a 26” curved sgl-edged blade with an unstopped fuller marked “USN/D.R./1864” with large letters “P/GG” and a stamped anchor on one side of the ricasso. The opposite side is marked “Made by/Ames Mfg. Co./Chicopee/Mass” in a scroll. The hilt is of cast brass deeply stamped “43”. The grip is of wood covered in leather. The scabbard is of sewn bridal leather (not riveted). CONDITION: Cutlass has been altered with the sheet brass cup guard removed. Blade has been cleaned to a light gray and has some vice marks near the ricasso. Grip is heavily worn with only traces of its leather covering. Scabbard is a variant, being sewn instead of riveted. It is stiff and crackled, missing about 1” of its tip, and the attached frog has been lost. 4-57339 CW82 (300-500)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005
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