POST REVOLUTIONARY WAR FEDERAL PERIOD BASSETT ALBANY N Y SILVER HILT SWORD 1799

SAVING OUR HISTORY, POST REVOLUTIONARY WAR FEDERAL PERIOD HALLMARKED "BASSETT" ALBANY N Y SILVER HILT SWORD 1799 28" curved blade finished in blue and gold gilt etch. The blade is marked within the etch "L. WELLS / & Co. / New York" while the hilt is touchmarked "BASSETT" with relief eaglehead to either side of the mark. Lemuel Wells & Co. was active in New York City between 1799 and 1807 and Nehemiah Beach Bassett was a silversmith in Albany active between 1795 and 1819. The hilt has a scalloped dome pommel with subtle reverse "P" guard, the counterguard is pierced with a beautifully executed and delicate heart shape at center of counterguard. An nearly identically hilted sword marked by another Albany silversmith, Isaac Hutton, appears in the Medicus book. The grip HAS A silver flat wire wrap, the ferrule features a shallow medial groove around its circumference. The blade is etched with floral sprays, Federal Eagle with ribbon reading "E. Pluribus Unum" along with a panoply