Windmann Style Eagle Head Officers Sword with Silvered Rococo Style Guard

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Estimate: $1,000-$1,500

Sold

$650

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Arms, Armor and Militaria

Location

Cincinnati

Description

Windmann Style Eagle Head Officers Sword with Silvered Rococo Style Guard

Seminole Wars

33" curved, single-edged blade, 1.375" wide at ricasso, with a 25" stopped fuller. Overall length 38.25" with a 5" hilt with a reeded bone grip and eagle head pommel. Silvered brass Rococo style knuckle bow decorated with floral themes, 1" langets with floral themes, forward swept floral themed disc quillon on upper guard. 12" of blade blued and decorated with gilt highlighted martial and floral motifs. Accompanied by the leather scabbard with silvered brass mounts. Suspension rings on upper and middle mount, drag is a replacement. A lovely example of a Philadelphia style Eagle Head officer's sword that likely dates from from the second quarter of the 19th century.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Condition

Fine. Blade with much of the blue and gold intact with some finish thinning and loss due to wear and age. Blade toning towards pewter with scattered surface oxidation and age discoloration. Blade fairly crisp with a couple of minor dings along the cutting edge. Hilt with traces of silver in protected areas. Hilt, grip and blade junction solid without wobble. Scabbard good to very good with moderate wear, flaking and finish loss. The throat is loose and need to be secured, and with some chipped loss at the lip. There is a repair below the middle mount with tape that should be conserved and the drag is replaced. Sword does not fully seat in scabbard, leaving about 1" of the blade exposed when inserted.

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