Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2345Location: BostonDate / Time: July 29, 2006 10:00AM
Description:
Artillery Officer's Sword and Belt, first half 19th century, with reeded ivory hilt, brass guard and mounts, engraved blade with a single fuller and morrocan leather belt, lg. 37 3/4 in., (drag missing).
Provenance: Descended in the family of Captain John Barnes (1795-1864),Cheshire, Connecticut.
Estimate $1,500-2,500