Lot n° 118
Estimation :
200 - 300
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 478EUR
France, Consulate (1799-1802) - 1st Empire (1804-1814). - Lot 118
France, Consulate (1799-1802) - 1st Empire (1804-1814).
Oriental-style officer's saber in reduction.
Mounted in cast brass, the butt cap ends in a lion's head, with a short tail, wooden spindle with fluted mother-of-pearl plates. Chain guard, cruise with inverted quillons, one ending in a triton, the other in a palmette knob. The lower part of the crucible is decorated with a semicircular palmette-stamped auricle. Curved, flat-backed blade with a slight gray patina. Brass scabbard with two suspension rings, the bracelets decorated with friezes of florets and interlacing, the asymmetrical sting.
32 cm (Blade 20 cm).
(Wear and minor wear, one mother-of-pearl plate damaged with a small chip, guard chain missing, not common. Good condition).
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