$2,583
Eagle-pommel Sword with Scabbard, c. early to mid-19th century, brass hilt with brass backstrap and handguard, brass eagle mounted on the bottom of the guard, wire-wrapped leather grip, fire-blued steel blade marked A.W. SPIES and engraved with a panoply of arms and foliate designs, steel scabbard with brass throat, middle band, and drag, blade lg. 31, overall lg. 36 in. Provenance: Sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-11-01