Description
SUPERIOR OFFICER'S SWORD. Spindle with grooved mother-of-pearl plates (minor old restoration). Chased silver mounting, pommel with lion's head lapping in a shell, single-branch guard, keyboard with Apollo head in a wreath of oak and laurel leaves. Scrolled quillon. Triangular blade engraved, gilded and one-third blued (oxidation). Leather scabbard with two silver fittings (repair to stinger). Iron ball sting. Paris title and guarantee mark (1809-1819). Antoine FOURNERA goldsmith's hallmark. B.E. First Empire-Restauration period.
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SUPERIOR OFFICER'S SWORD. Spindle with grooved mother-of-pearl plates (minor old restoration). Chased silver mounting, pommel with lion's head lapping in a shell, single-branch guard, keyboard with Apollo head in a wreath of oak and laurel leaves. Scrolled quillon. Triangular blade engraved, gilded and one-third blued (oxidation). Leather scabbard with two silver fittings (repair to stinger). Iron ball sting. Paris title and guarantee mark (1809-1819). Antoine FOURNERA goldsmith's hallmark. B.E. First Empire-Restauration period.
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