Model 1840 Enlisted Calvary Saber
Manufacturer / MakerCreated by
Ames Manufacturing Company
(Massachusettes, ca. late 1700s - 1907)
Date1845
Mediumwooden handle with leather and wire grip, steel blade
Dimensions40 3/16 × 4 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (102.1 × 10.8 × 9.5 cm)
ClassificationsWeapons & Armaments
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Mary and Joe McKinney
Object numberPC2022.36.1
DescriptionA saber belonging to Isaiah Mays with a gold and brown hilt and wooden grip containing a leather and wire grip. The steel blade is curved away from the hilt. The brass hilt has three branches and is angled and curves around to the circular pommel. There is an indented fuller on both sides and a raised rain-guard (Chappe) containing the manufacturer name.On View
Not on view
after 1911
