17th Century Sword.Colonial American History. Saber.

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17th Century Sword.Colonial American History. Saber.

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Sold Date: 06/03/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Militaria & Weapons

Museum quality 17th Century Sword. This long hanger or short horseman's saber has a 31 inch blade that is 1 1/4 inches wide. This is the original blade to this sword. Total length of the weapon is 37 inches. Its date of manufacture would be 1640 to 1680. Its country of origin is the Lowlands or German. Its general use could be anyw in Europe, Britain and in this case, North America. This particular example was found in New York State along with the 17th Century court cupboard you see it displayed upon. The sword and the cupboard came to the Hudson Valley and Kaatskill, NY around 1692 brought by Johannes Van Vechten 1676-1742 of Amsterdam (see his portrait attached). I purchased both items from the estate sale over 30 years ago. I have decided to sell the sword and keep the court cupboard. This fine iron mounted weapon has its original beautifully turned one piece wooden grips. Very little pitting on the hilt. Blade shows forging marks and great age, but has a fine surface with no unsightly pitting and some minor abrasions. These swords have attributed American use from the Queen Anne's War , French and Indian War and the Revolution; as a result they are pictured and discussed by both Peterson and Neumann in their fine books. Although, myself and others in the field place this style sword as manufactured mid-17th century rather than 1700 as Mr. Neumann claims. A great sword! "The family name of Van Vechten is derived from the Dutch, signifying that those who bore that name and were met on their journeyings or located in other places than on the original estate, came "from the Vechet" river in Holland. Three centuries ago, or about 1600, the Van Vechten's resided in Vechten, province of Utrecht, Holland. For a century and a half prior to the American Revolution the name was also very commonly spelled Van Veghten, and this form maybe seen signed on hundreds of the Revolutionary records in the state of New York, and on any number of private documents, wills, deeds and family Bible records."