Description
King's bodyguard type sword. Silver filigree fuse. Line-decorated brass mount (remnants of silver plating). Single-branch guard with bivalve shell. Blade with median flattened edge engraved with rocaille motifs and allegories, and the motto "Là où est mon soleil" ("Where my sun is"). Later type 1817 leather scabbard with two brass fittings. A.B.E. (Blade partly reassembled) 18th century.
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King's bodyguard type sword. Silver filigree fuse. Line-decorated brass mount (remnants of silver plating). Single-branch guard with bivalve shell. Blade with median flattened edge engraved with rocaille motifs and allegories, and the motto "Là où est mon soleil" ("Where my sun is"). Later type 1817 leather scabbard with two brass fittings. A.B.E. (Blade partly reassembled) 18th century.