France, end of the Reign of Louis XVI (1774–1793) – Revoluti - Lot 162

Lot n° 162
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France, end of the Reign of Louis XVI (1774–1793) – Revoluti - Lot 162
France, end of the Reign of Louis XVI (1774–1793) – Revolution (1789–1795). Officer’s saber with a swivel guard. Cast brass mount. Flat cap with a long tail and a diamond-shaped rivet button. Joint arch and swiveling arm with guilloché and openwork borders. Quadrangular wooden grip entirely inlaid with a double copper filigree. The guard plate has guilloché and openwork borders, ending in a small palmette. Brass ferrule. Blade with a light gray, mottled patina and traces of oxidation, slightly curved, with hollow edges and a flat back, and a dorsal fuller, decorated one-third of the way up with mottos in cartouches featuring geometric motifs painted in gold on a black background, partially faded, including “Vengeur” on one side and “Vive …” on the other. Blackened leather scabbard with a central dorsal seam and three brass fittings cut in an accolade shape and decorated with line work, plus two suspension rings. Pommel with a button; the suspension ring is missing. Traces of the mark “VACHE” stamped into the leather beneath the pommel. 84 cm (Blade 71 cm). (Signs of wear and damage; two prongs of the guard plate are fractured; the painted decoration on the rear third of the blade is a later addition but of original style; the scabbard’s pommel opening is cut out. Fairly good condition.)
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