Unmarked Model 1840 Light Artillery Saber

31.25" curved, single-edged blade with 25" stopped median fuller. Blade 1.25" wide at ricasso. 36.5" in overall length with a 5.5" hilt. Brass guard with knuckle blow and forward swept disc shaped upper quillon, grooved wood grip covered in leather with sixteen wraps of twisted wire. Blade is unmarked and no inspections are present on the pommel cap. Includes a lap seamed steel scabbard with two suspension rings and no provision for a throat.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Condition
Good. Blade cleaned and polished and now toning down to a pewter color with scattered surface oxidation and discoloration. Some areas of the metal are unnaturally smooth from the cleaning and polishing and some markings may have been removed during the process. Throat washer partly present. Brass cleaned to a bright golden color. Grip with moderate wear, leather loss and loose wire. Scabbard cleaned as well with scattered oxidized discoloration. Metal with wear and dents, suspension rings intact.