This is one of the original 18 officer swords ordered by the Republic of Texas in 1840
To my knowledge only two of these rare sabers exist in private hands today.
A seldom encountered Ames mark helps to put a date range of 1847 to 1848 on this sword.Ames Mfg. Co. / Cabotville / Mass.
A rare South Carolina Dragoon Officer with South Carolina State Seal engraved on brass scabbard
P - marked 1833 dragoon. The only example known to have survived of the 4 ordered by Pennsylvania.
A Scarce inspected 1833 Dragoon Officer's sword which is quite scarce in it's own right but put back into service by Haiman Brothers of Columbus, GA.