France, Consulate - Ist Empire (1800-1814). - Lot 81

Lot n° 81
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France, Consulate - Ist Empire (1800-1814). - Lot 81
France, Consulate - Ist Empire (1800-1814). Officer's saber of Light Cavalry. Marengo style cast brass mounting. Melon-ribbed cap with hemispherical rivet piece and short tail. Ebony spindle finely squared. Curved jointing bow decorated with fillets and connected to the cap by a small arched branch. The cruise is decorated with an unadorned rectangular cartouche ending in the lower part with a semi-circular auricle struck with a palmette and curved quillon ending with a flat melon rib knob. Blade half-curved with hollowed out side and flat back, with stained gray patina and traces of orange peel oxidation in places. Brass scabbard with two rings of bélière maintained by two brass bracelets, asymmetrical sting in brass. 98 cm (blade 84 cm). (saber formerly restored, ebony handle with missing parts, blade reported on the mount, tie missing, scabbard damaged with shocks, the clevis modified, in the state).
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