SWORD OF THE KING'S BODYGUARDS, 1816 MODEL, RESTORATION PERIOD.
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KING'S BODYGUARD SWORD, 1816 MODEL, RESTORATION PERIOD.
Golden brass guard, with four branches forming a shell decorated with the arms of France under a royal crown and against a background of flags and branches of oak and laurel. Pommel with a long tail. Wooden handle covered with gray shagreen and a double braided silver wire filigree. Knob stamped with an "B" under a star of the inspector E.L. Borson, August 1814, September 1816, from the Klingenthal Manufacture, and a "B" under a fleur-de-lis in a circle of rings, hallmark of J.G. Bick used during the First Restoration from April 1814 to March 1815.
Hollow-ground blade engraved with a trophy of arms, two fleur-de-lis and the inscription "KING'S BODYGUARD" on one side, and on the other side with a trophy of the Arms of France and a radiant sun with a face. Spine engraved with "Royal Manufacture of Klingenthal, October 1814." The ricasso is stamped with the "B" under the star of the inspector E.L. Borson, August 1814, September 1816, and the "B" framed by laurel branches of the first-class inspector J.G. Bick, 1812 to May 1815.
Length 93.6 cm.
Steel scabbard with two steel suspension bands and a brass molded foliage cup at the mouth of the scabbard. The cup is held in place by a steel screw.
In perfect condition.
France.
Restoration Period.
Golden brass guard, with four branches forming a shell decorated with the arms of France under a royal crown and against a background of flags and branches of oak and laurel. Pommel with a long tail. Wooden handle covered with gray shagreen and a double braided silver wire filigree. Knob stamped with an "B" under a star of the inspector E.L. Borson, August 1814, September 1816, from the Klingenthal Manufacture, and a "B" under a fleur-de-lis in a circle of rings, hallmark of J.G. Bick used during the First Restoration from April 1814 to March 1815.
Hollow-ground blade engraved with a trophy of arms, two fleur-de-lis and the inscription "KING'S BODYGUARD" on one side, and on the other side with a trophy of the Arms of France and a radiant sun with a face. Spine engraved with "Royal Manufacture of Klingenthal, October 1814." The ricasso is stamped with the "B" under the star of the inspector E.L. Borson, August 1814, September 1816, and the "B" framed by laurel branches of the first-class inspector J.G. Bick, 1812 to May 1815.
Length 93.6 cm.
Steel scabbard with two steel suspension bands and a brass molded foliage cup at the mouth of the scabbard. The cup is held in place by a steel screw.
In perfect condition.
France.
Restoration Period.
Reference :
8594
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