155 - *Court sword, guard made entirely of silver, traces of vermeil, decorated with medallions featuring trophies of arms and rows of pearls, pommel decorated in the same style; triangular-section blade, engraved, blued, and gilded one-third of the way up; leather scabbard, two silver fittings, pommel adorned with a trophy in a medallion and signed on the underside: “Dupré Rue S. Honoré across from the Opera in Paris”; length 106 cm. (Leather restored; the scabbard is probably not the original one).

*Court sword, guard made entirely of silver, traces of vermeil, decorated with medallions featuring trophies of arms and rows of pearls, pommel decorated in the same style; triangular-section blade, engraved, blued, and gilded one-third of the way up; leather scabbard, two silver fittings, pommel adorned with a trophy in a medallion and signed on the underside: “Dupré Rue S. Honoré across from the Opera in Paris”; length 106 cm. (Leather restored; the scabbard is probably not the original one). Date: late 18th century, Directory, Consulate. Good condition. HALLMARKS: Paris 1st-class rooster, 1798/1809; small Paris hallmark (85); Association of Goldsmiths, 1794/1797; illegible goldsmith’s mark.