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195 - Sabre of a junior officer of the Imperial Guard’s Mounted Chasseurs, with a hilt featuring a chiseled and gilded brass pommel, guard adorned on the front with the head of a deity, possibly Minerva; quillon curved downward and terminating in a leaf-shaped finial; cap with a long tail ending in a lion’s head, with a finial around the rivet; ebony tang, filigree-worked; curved blade with a reed-shaped cross-section ending in a counter-edge, carp-tongue point, engraved one-third of the way up, decorated with trophies, foliage, and a crowned eagle in an oval medallion on each side (pitted), the inscription on the back has been erased; brass scabbard with two loop-style bands, chiseled with piastre motifs and surrounded by spiderweb patterns; between the rings, a hexagon bears a crowned eagle in high relief, the lower part engraved with a fleur-de-lis and foliage, iron barbed tip; length 104 cm. It is presented with two gilded brass loop buckles. (The blade was modified during the First Restoration: the eagles were dotted, and the inscription on the back was ground away).
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Sabre of a junior officer of the Imperial Guard’s Mounted Chasseurs, with a hilt featuring a chiseled and gilded brass pommel, guard adorned on the front with the head of a deity, possibly Minerva; quillon curved downward and terminating in a leaf-shaped finial; cap with a long tail ending in a lion’s head, with a finial around the rivet; ebony tang, filigree-worked; curved blade with a reed-shaped cross-section ending in a counter-edge, carp-tongue point, engraved one-third of the way up, decorated with trophies, foliage, and a crowned eagle in an oval medallion on each side (pitted), the inscription on the back has been erased; brass scabbard with two loop-style bands, chiseled with piastre motifs and surrounded by spiderweb patterns; between the rings, a hexagon bears a crowned eagle in high relief, the lower part engraved with a fleur-de-lis and foliage, iron barbed tip; length 104 cm. It is presented with two gilded brass loop buckles. (The blade was modified during the First Restoration: the eagles were dotted, and the inscription on the back was ground away). Early Empire period. Good condition.
Auction details
Antique Weapons, Historical Memorabilia, and DecorationsAuction house
Thierry de Maigret +33 1 44 83 95 20 maxime@tdemaigret.frDelivery is optional. You can use the carrier of your choice. The stated price does not include the lot price or the auction house fees.