France, Revolution (1789-1795). - Lot 66

Lot n° 66
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France, Revolution (1789-1795). - Lot 66
France, Revolution (1789-1795). Glaive de l'Ecole de Mars, 1794. Brass mounting, ovoid pommel with rivet button, handle with twelve rows of scales. Rectangular crossbar with trapezoidal pommels decorated with a Phrygian cap in relief. Guard with one branch in stock and steel, directed upwards and two quillons curved downwards, nicknamed "the antennas", in steel and ending each one by an olive in brass. The guard branch is stamped with the Klingenthal rooster. Straight white blade with stains and traces of oxidation in places, with attenuated median edge, the point in triangle in the prolongation of the edge, the end slightly rounded. The scabbard is made of wood sheathed in brass sheet metal with two hollows, ending in a bolt stamped with a long seven-stranded palmette on a sandy background and a riveted half-moon dart, itself stamped with a nine-stranded palmette on a sandy background. Simple rectangular clevis. Two brass suspension rings held by pitons on each side of the scabbard in the extension of the transverse bar separating the two hollows. In the crevices, the wooden slats are lined with a crimson red woolen sheet, with moth holes in places. Complete. 68.5 cm (blade 54.8 cm x width at heel 4.1 cm). With scabbard 71,5 cm. (wear and patina of time, fairly good condition). Note: The École de Mars was created during the French Revolution by the Comité de Salut Public in Neuilly-sur-Seine, on 13 prairial year II (1 June 1794) and closed on 2 Brumaire year III (23 October 1794). This school of military preparation welcomed young citizens of sixteen and seventeen years of age, and allowed them to acquire "the knowledge and morals of true republican soldiers". Each cadet was given a sword. The sword was designed by the neo-classical painter Jacques Louis David (1748-1825) on the model of those of the Roman Legions. There were four different colors for the fabric of the scabbard that allowed to identify the rank, including red, the most common color of the swords that have reached us today, yellow, green and blue.
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