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A custom made Ames specimen having knights head pommel and rounded silver grip with straight blade measuring 31.5& #34;. The double edged blade with center fuller is marked & #34;Ames Mfg Co./Chicopee/Mass& #34;; at the ricasso and etched in a generic floral pattern interspersed with a floating liberty cap panoply, more
oak leaves, with an archaic spread wing eagle and banner beneath. The hilt is gilded with a knights head pommel having engraved silver grip with raised oval center panel inscribed & #34;Captain/Richard M. Gano& #34; on one side and & #34;Grape Vine Prairie/Texas& #34; on the
other. The elaborate cross guard has wide scalloped quillons on either side with matching generic martial panoplies in high relief. The facing side has an unusual scalloped rain guard featuring a raised allegorical knight. The ornate gilded scabbard bears the
important central presentation in six lines of fine flowing script: & #34;Presented to Capt.Richard M. Gano/For his Leadership in Protecting our/Community against Indian deprivations/by the/Citizens of Grape Vine Prairie, Texas/October 1860& #34;. The scabbard length is decorated with generic chased oak leaves. The top and lower
scabbard mounts are highlighted by two different raised panoplies -the top mount with two rings incorporates a raised liberty cap while the lower single ring has a generic sword and arrows design.
Richard Gano had immigrated from Kentucky to Grape Vine Prairie, Tarrant County Texas sometime in 1857. By 1859 he had quickly become recognized as a leader in the frontier community. Texas settlers had long faced depredations from marauding bands of
fierce Comanche warriors who naturally regarded the pristine land as their own. When an up tick in Comanche raids hit outlying Grape Vine Prairie farmsteads, Gano proceeded to raise small company of mounted volunteers that successfully drove the Indians off. In
recognition of his leadership role in ridding the community of the threat, the appreciative citizenry banded together and sourced the sword from Ames in distant Chicopee, Massachusetts. This exemplary and expensive presentation sword was given
to Richard Gano in October 1860, just months before the start of the Civil War in which this spirited Texan& #39;s fame would climb to new heights.
Sharp overall condition, complete and undamaged. Several points
noted: i.) the sword has not been polished in quite some time and the remaining gilding is dull. ii.) while legible the six-line central presentation inscription is now somewhat difficult to read, probably the result of 19th century polishing. iii.) the throat washer is
missing from the ricasso. iv.) the scabbard body shows a couple of minor dents with fading gilding.
$10,000 - $15,000
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111 Beech Street Newport, KY 41071 USA, New Port, Kentucky, 41071, United States
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