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194 - BLADED WEAPONS. Saber of a senior officer of the Mounted Grenadiers of the Consuls’ Guard, with finely chiseled and gilded brass fittings, octagonal cap chased with a palmette and a row of stars, the top shaped like a lion’s muzzle, five-pronged guard adorned with garlands of foliage beginning with a rooster’s head and ending with fleurons, an openwork shell depicting a flaming pomegranate on a spider’s web, a wooden tang covered in leather, filigree made of twisted brass wire, a curved Montmorency-style blade with hollow edges and a groove, engraved on one side with a blued shield marked: "GRENADIERS à CHEVAL," and on the other, a diamond within a shield marked: "GARDE DES CONSULS," beneath an oval medallion engraved with the monogram: "L" in English script; the rounded back is signed: "Manufacture de Klingenthal Coulaux Frères," wooden scabbard covered in shagreen with two large brass fittings finely chased and gilded with rosettes, scrolls, lozenges, medallions, etc.; two loop rings; an asymmetrical iron tip ending in a fluted knob. Length: 108 cm, blade: 92 cm. (Leather and filigree on the tang likely replaced). Manufactured by ROMEL, late 19th century. Very good condition. Provenance: auction of November 29, 2024, T. de Maigret auction house, lot no. 436, M. Croissy, appraiser.
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BLADED WEAPONS. Saber of a senior officer of the Mounted Grenadiers of the Consuls’ Guard, with finely chiseled and gilded brass fittings, octagonal cap chased with a palmette and a row of stars, the top shaped like a lion’s muzzle, five-pronged guard adorned with garlands of foliage beginning with a rooster’s head and ending with fleurons, an openwork shell depicting a flaming pomegranate on a spider’s web, a wooden tang covered in leather, filigree made of twisted brass wire, a curved Montmorency-style blade with hollow edges and a groove, engraved on one side with a blued shield marked: "GRENADIERS à CHEVAL," and on the other, a diamond within a shield marked: "GARDE DES CONSULS," beneath an oval medallion engraved with the monogram: "L" in English script; the rounded back is signed: "Manufacture de Klingenthal Coulaux Frères," wooden scabbard covered in shagreen with two large brass fittings finely chased and gilded with rosettes, scrolls, lozenges, medallions, etc.; two loop rings; an asymmetrical iron tip ending in a fluted knob. Length: 108 cm, blade: 92 cm. (Leather and filigree on the tang likely replaced). Manufactured by ROMEL, late 19th century. Very good condition. Provenance: auction of November 29, 2024, T. de Maigret auction house, lot no. 436, M. Croissy, appraiser.
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18th- and 19th-Century MilitariaAuction house
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