Description
ORIENTAL-STYLE SUPERIOR OFFICER'S SABER. Blond horn plate handle with oval rivets. Chased, glazed-polished iron mounting. Guard with two auricles and two long quillons ending in tassels. Damascus-style engraved blade, strongly curved, flat-backed and counter-edged, finely engraved on the heel with trophies of arms, military attributes, scenes and cavalry charges on a pyramid background. Chagrin-covered wooden scabbard with metal stitching and two large, cut-out and engraved iron fittings. On the cap, the number "CR" interlaced within a shield stamped with two eagles surrounded by foliage and horns of plenty, marked on the back "Coulaux Frères à Klingenthal". Long bouterolle decorated with a head carried by two fantastical animals, foliage, flowers and helmets and with two bracelets and two suspension rings, the upper one decorated with the eagle. Length: 48 cm. B.E. First third of the 19th century.
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ORIENTAL-STYLE SUPERIOR OFFICER'S SABER. Blond horn plate handle with oval rivets. Chased, glazed-polished iron mounting. Guard with two auricles and two long quillons ending in tassels. Damascus-style engraved blade, strongly curved, flat-backed and counter-edged, finely engraved on the heel with trophies of arms, military attributes, scenes and cavalry charges on a pyramid background. Chagrin-covered wooden scabbard with metal stitching and two large, cut-out and engraved iron fittings. On the cap, the number "CR" interlaced within a shield stamped with two eagles surrounded by foliage and horns of plenty, marked on the back "Coulaux Frères à Klingenthal". Long bouterolle decorated with a head carried by two fantastical animals, foliage, flowers and helmets and with two bracelets and two suspension rings, the upper one decorated with the eagle. Length: 48 cm. B.E. First third of the 19th century.
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