AMERICAN SILVER HILTED SHORT SABER Isaac Hutton (active 1808-1816), Albany, New York, circa 1810 Finely detailed lion's head pommel with silver wire wrapped ivory grip, capstan rivet, two maker's touch marks inside knuckle-bow. Curved blade, probably French, as imported by Lemuel Wells & Co., New York City, with single fuller, decorated half the length in blue, etching and gilt, with shields, floral surrounds and E Pluribus Unum in gilt. Original leather scabbard with three silver scrolled edge mounts decorated with a single rule. Length overall 33 3/4 inches, length of blade 28 inches, width at hilt 1 3/8 inches. Some of the finest American silver hilts of the Federal era came from Albany, New York. The firm of brothers, Isaac and George Hutton was renowned for its very original and distinctive eagle pommels and were sought after for their handsome designs and robust mountings, often employing more silver than the thin coin variety favored by many American silversmiths of the time. Interestingly, Isaac Hutton was not known solely as a silversmith, but was also listed in period directories as a general military outfitter. Here, the maker employs the lion head, a standard design of huge popularity during the Revolutionary era. This late, but particularly fine example additionally has an important exhibition provenance. Exhibited: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., American Silver Mounted Swords 1700-1815, 1955. Literature: This sword is pictured in the catalogue for the American silver hilts from the above exhibition, Harold Peterson's American Silver Mounted Swords 1700-1815. Peterson 40. See also: Mowbray, E. Harold. The American Eagle-Pommel Sword. The Early Years, 1794-1830. Lincoln: 1988, p. 144 Peterson, Harold. The American Sword, 1775-1945. Mineola, 2003.
AMERICAN SILVER HILTED SHORT SABER Isaac Hutton (active 1808-1816), Albany, New York, circa 1810 Finely detailed lion's head pommel with silver wire wrapped ivory grip, capstan rivet, two maker's touch marks inside knuckle-bow. Curved blade, probably French, as imported by Lemuel Wells & Co., New York City, with single fuller, decorated half the length in blue, etching and gilt, with shields, floral surrounds and E Pluribus Unum in gilt. Original leather scabbard with three silver scrolled edge mounts decorated with a single rule. Length overall 33 3/4 inches, length of blade 28 inches, width at hilt 1 3/8 inches. Some of the finest American silver hilts of the Federal era came from Albany, New York. The firm of brothers, Isaac and George Hutton was renowned for its very original and distinctive eagle pommels and were sought after for their handsome designs and robust mountings, often employing more silver than the thin coin variety favored by many American silversmiths of the time. Interestingly, Isaac Hutton was not known solely as a silversmith, but was also listed in period directories as a general military outfitter. Here, the maker employs the lion head, a standard design of huge popularity during the Revolutionary era. This late, but particularly fine example additionally has an important exhibition provenance. Exhibited: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., American Silver Mounted Swords 1700-1815, 1955. Literature: This sword is pictured in the catalogue for the American silver hilts from the above exhibition, Harold Peterson's American Silver Mounted Swords 1700-1815. Peterson 40. See also: Mowbray, E. Harold. The American Eagle-Pommel Sword. The Early Years, 1794-1830. Lincoln: 1988, p. 144 Peterson, Harold. The American Sword, 1775-1945. Mineola, 2003.
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