Lot n° 211
Estimation :
60 - 80
EUR
France, Third Republic (1870-1940). 1837/70 model Marine Off - Lot 211
France, Third Republic (1870-1940). 1837/70 model Marine Officer's saber, circa 1875-80. Gilt bronze mounting, cap with cover decorated with a central medallion, long tail with scallop frieze. Non-filigree fluted horn handle. Joining bow with top eyelet for passing the lanyard, and decorated with water leaf up to the middle ring. The shell formed by the secondary branch is chiselled with water leaves and a calibrated anchor. Quillon ending in a dolphin's head. Scarlet wool tie. White, flat-backed blade with manufacturer's markings "Coulaux & Cie Klingenthal", corresponding to the markings for the 1875-1880 period. Black leather scabbard with three brass fittings and two suspension rings, the leather damaged. The chape is flanked by the étalinguée anchor and a coquille St Jacques rivet button. Long bouterole with asymmetrical stinger decorated with a shell. It comes with its floch strap in spinach seed entirely in gilded trimmings. 87 cm (blade 73 cm). (Wear and minor wear, scabbard leather damaged, broken in two and missing. As is).
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