American/European Hunting Sword For Comment

M ELEY · 20th June 2010, 06:51 AM

Hi Lew. I'm thinking it's more likely an early to mid-19th century hanger based on the straight plain quillons and lack of a shell guard. By no means did all hangers of the 18th have said guards, but all of the details of this piece say later to me. Likewise, the brass doesn't have a ton of patina. My 2 cents...

Lew · 20th June 2010, 04:16 PM

M ELEY

I find it interesting that there is no makers mark. Funny my friend mentioned that it seems someone cleaned off all the patina. I also thought this was mid 19th century.

20th June 2010, 06:51 AM	#1
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,196	Hi Lew. I'm thinking it's more likely an early to mid-19th century hanger based on the straight plain quillons and lack of a shell guard. By no means did all hangers of the 18th have said guards, but all of the details of this piece say later to me. Likewise, the brass doesn't have a ton of patina. My 2 cents...

20th June 2010, 04:16 PM	#2
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	M ELEY I find it interesting that there is no makers mark. Funny my friend mentioned that it seems someone cleaned off all the patina. I also thought this was mid 19th century.