CEREMONIAL SWORD Empire, France, ca. 1810. Silver hilt, olive-shaped pommel and solid handle, decorated with multiple faceted half-spheres, French control stamp 1809/19, Paris. Rivet head. Knuckle guard ending in the grip base, short quillon, decorative grip hook with mark "L.T.", oval guard plate. All parts of the hilt with faceted half-sphere decoration. Blade with triangular cross-section (L 75 cm), etched decoration rubbed. L 90.3 cm. An elaborately crafted sword hilt which imitates a hilt set with diamonds; a popular model at the Court of Napoleon I. * The full tax is charged on this item marked * in the auction catalogue, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum of the bid price plus the surcharge for those items. The VAT will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.

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