Militaria, Clocks, & Science
Description:
U.S. Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber, Mansfield & Lamb, Forestdale, Rhode Island, 1864, brass hilt with wire-wrapped leather grip, curved blade, marked on the ricasso "MANSFIELD/&/LAMB/FORESTDALE RI" and "U.S./C.E.W./1864," with scabbard, overall lg. 41 in.
Provenance: Collection of George Snook, M.D.
Estimate $300-500
Blade has minor toning in spots, leather on hilt eroded, scabbard with areas of oxidation.
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Keywords
George Snook, United StatesChristopher D. Fox
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