Item 17The Van Rensselaer Saber c. 1792
United States: 1792. The curved, double-fullered blade. 36 inches long by 1 ½ inches at the ricasso, is engraved on both sides with an extremely early version of the Great Seal of the United States, featuring a “frog-legged chicken" eagle. Above the seal are scrolls and below, a panoply of.....