1780 heavy Cavalry Officer Sword

JT88 · 17th December 2023, 07:12 AM

Thanks for the response Jim.

I agree the head must be a Thurkle.
Drury was a cutler, so I find it entirely possible someone commissioned an eagle-headed hanger from him and he contracted out the eagle head.

I lean towards Naval service because of when the sword was made. If it were 1760-70s I'd agree it could be an infantry hanger; however, in 1792 on, infantry had moved to small swords, "cut and thrust" swords.

If you're aware of anything similar with the blade I'd be interested to see. Maybe some of the early revolution French swords have similar styled blades.

The blade is small only 23.5 inches. The half basket is very small, my XL hand does not fit in there.

Cheers.

17th December 2023, 07:12 AM	#18
JT88 Member Join Date: Jun 2021 Posts: 52	Thanks for the response Jim. I agree the head must be a Thurkle. Drury was a cutler, so I find it entirely possible someone commissioned an eagle-headed hanger from him and he contracted out the eagle head. I lean towards Naval service because of when the sword was made. If it were 1760-70s I'd agree it could be an infantry hanger; however, in 1792 on, infantry had moved to small swords, "cut and thrust" swords. If you're aware of anything similar with the blade I'd be interested to see. Maybe some of the early revolution French swords have similar styled blades. The blade is small only 23.5 inches. The half basket is very small, my XL hand does not fit in there. Cheers. Last edited by fernando; 17th December 2023 at 07:28 AM.