An American Silver-Mounted Eagle Pommel Naval Officer's Sabre with Persian Shamshir Blade, Jacob Kucher, Philadelphia, circa1805-1810 highly sculpted silver crested eagle-head pommel engraved overall with feathers surmounting a curved horn grip with wide panel of checkering, two narrow panels of serrations and one panel, along back, left vacant; heavy cast silver cross-guard with robust rounded langets engraved along borders, quillons rotate slightly as they approach the finials of finely detailed eagle claws clutching stippled balls; knuckle guard of five individual finely-formed silver chains suspended from swivels connected to the ball held by the eagle’s claw at one end, and the eagle’s beak on the other; greenish leather-covered Moroccan leather binding with a brilliant contrast; the silver mountings all elaborately engraved with floral borders, draperies and vacant vignettes; the upper-most mount (4 5/8 in. deep) mounted with fixed suspension ring on a molded base; the center mount also with fixed suspension ring on molded base, the chape (8 3/8 in.) with decorative drag. Metal, Cow Horn, circa 1805-1810
An American Silver-Mounted Eagle Pommel Naval Officer's Sabre with Persian Shamshir Blade, Jacob Kucher, Philadelphia, circa1805-1810 highly sculpted silver crested eagle-head pommel engraved overall with feathers surmounting a curved horn grip with wide panel of checkering, two narrow panels of serrations and one panel, along back, left vacant; heavy cast silver cross-guard with robust rounded langets engraved along borders, quillons rotate slightly as they approach the finials of finely detailed eagle claws clutching stippled balls; knuckle guard of five individual finely-formed silver chains suspended from swivels connected to the ball held by the eagle’s claw at one end, and the eagle’s beak on the other; greenish leather-covered Moroccan leather binding with a brilliant contrast; the silver mountings all elaborately engraved with floral borders, draperies and vacant vignettes; the upper-most mount (4 5/8 in. deep) mounted with fixed suspension ring on a molded base; the center mount also with fixed suspension ring on molded base, the chape (8 3/8 in.) with decorative drag. Metal, Cow Horn, circa 1805-1810
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