Lot n° 76
Estimation :
1000 - 1500
EUR
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Result
: 1 984EUR
France, end of the reign of Louis XVI (1774-1793) - Revoluti - Lot 76
France, end of the reign of Louis XVI (1774-1793) - Revolution (1789-1795).
Hussar officer's saber.
Gilt cast brass mounting. Hungarian-style flat cap with short tail held by a nail decorated with foliage and acanthus leaves. Fully watermarked wooden handle with copper chain filigree. Joint arch decorated with a straight line over three-quarters of its length, adorned in the middle with a medallion, and arriving at a right angle on the cruise. Cruise with gadroons and truncated baguette finials decorated with foliage. The end of the quillon is decorated with a scallop shell. Curved, flat-backed blade, original blued and gold, engraved in thirds etching with a trophy of arms, armed arm and stylized crown. Gilded brass scabbard with two suspension rings, decorated with trophies d'armes, palmettes and laurel leaf frieze. Asymmetrical sting.
97.5 cm (Blade 84 cm).
(Wear and minor wear, scabbard banged, scabbard clevis entry and fixing screw missing. Good condition).
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