Ames Model 1840 Light Artillery Saber With Modern Blade Etching to Col. Peter Porter - 8th NY Heavy Artillery - KIA at Cold Harbor

American Civil War

32" curved, single edged blade with 24.75" stopped median fuller, blade 1.25" wide at ricasso. Overall length 37.75" with a 5.5" brass hilt with single branch rounded knuckle bow and forward swept upper quillon terminating in a flat disc. Grooved wooded grip with leather covering and sixteen wraps of twisted brass wire. Standard enlisted 1840 cavalry saber marked U.S. / A.D.K. / 1863 on the obverse ricasso and in three lines on the reverse AMES MFG CO / CHICOPEE / MASS, with lines under the "G" and "O" in the first line. Pommel cap with weak ADK inspection and the obverse drag is inspected by Andrew D King as well. The blade has been decorated with modern acid etching featuring geometric patterns and foliate and martial themes with a large USA in the center of the reverse and Presented to Col. Peter A Porter from the men of the 8th New York Heavy Artillery on the obverse. The saber is accompanied by its standard sheet iron scabbard with two suspension rings. While the saber is completely authentic, the etching on the blade is not.

From the Collection of George Oldenbourg

Very good. Blade dulled to a pewter color with scattered surface oxidation and discoloration. Contemporary etching with some frost and remaining completely visible and legible with some light wear. Blade with some scattered minor surface roughness along the edge and near the tip. Hilt with an uncleaned bronze patina. Blade washer intact. Hilt with moderate leather loss to the grip covering and split in the grip that runs its length. Wire wrap intact. Scabbard with scattered bumps and dings and a mostly smoothly oxidized brown patina.

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