^Lot 3336 FEDERAL PERIOD 2ND MODEL VIRGINIA MANUFACTORY

CAVALRY SABER. This Virginia cavalry saber has been shortened, as was the fashion, in the late Federal period and antebellum era. Overall length: 39". Blade length: 33 1/2". Blade has a single medium fuller below a single narrow fuller. There are no markings on the spine. Iron hilt with wide 7-slot guard, plain backstrap & bird's head pommel. Leather covered wooden grip. No scabbard. CONDITION: blade has a medium gray clean patina with ample areas of cleaned pitting. There are also numerous chips to the edge of the blade. The hilt is in solid condition with a dark patina to all iron parts. Grip leather is 60% intact. (02-19143/BF). $1,400-2,000.