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414 A U.S. MODEL 1833 CAVALRY SABRE, DATED 1838 with pipe-backed blade formed with a hatchet point, engraved ‘N. P. Ames, Cutler, Springfield 1838’ on one face and ‘United States’ on the other, brass triple-bar hilt stamped ‘MPL.’ and ‘Ord’ above the quillon, wire-bound leather-covered grip, in its steel scabbard, stamped ‘MPL/ord’ and ‘WS’ on the drag 86.3cm; 34in blade Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 74 ‡ £300-400 415 A U.S. MODEL 1840 LIGHT ARTILLERY SABRE, DATED 1865 of regulation type, with curved blade stamped ‘US/ADK’ with the date at the forte on one face and with Ames manufacturing inscription and the serial number ‘252’ on the other, brass hilt, leather-covered wire-bound grip, in its steel scabbard 83cm; 32 3/4in blade
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Provenance Milton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no. 11 JWHA Inv. No. 3574 ‡ £150-250 416 A U.S. MODEL 1840 HEAVY CAVALRY DRAGOON SABRE, DATED 1847 of regulation type, stamped ‘N.P. Ames/Cabotville’ and with the date at the forte, brass hilt, leather-covered wire-bound grip, in its steel scabbard 91.5cm; 36 1/8in blade Provenance Milton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no.19 JWHA Inv. No. 3574 ‡ £250-350