France, Revolution-Directory (1789-1799). - Lot 44

Lot n° 44
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Result : 4 712EUR
France, Revolution-Directory (1789-1799). - Lot 44
France, Revolution-Directory (1789-1799). Rare model 1779 edge saber called "Sartine" of revolutionary manufacture around 1793-1799. Cast brass mounting, long-tailed cap with rivet button, three-pronged guard with secondary branches joining the main branch at the same point. Handle with eighteen flutes. Oval plate finished by a palmette, stamped with a rooster (hallmark of reception of the mounts from 1793 to 1799). Slightly curved blade with small stained gray patina and small traces of oxidation, with flat back and hollow side, and with strong gutter near the back. The end of the blade ends with a carp tongue counter edge. It is engraved on the heel and on each side "Lame de France" in rectangular cartouches. Scabbard in strong blackened leather with two brass trimmings, the cap with white buffalo drawstring. 72,5 cm (blade 59 cm x l. at the heel 5 cm). (small accidents of use and patina of time, rather good state of conservation). Note: Revolutionary saber corresponding to a variant between the 1st and 2nd type according to the typology of Ariès 1782, 1792, 1801), nicknamed "Sartine" because it is regulated and produced from 1779, when Antoine Raymond Juan Gualbert Gabriel de SARTINE (1729-1801), Count of Alby is Minister of the Navy, from 1774 to 1801.
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