Sword of the King's Bodyguards, Model 1814, Restoration era.
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KING'S BODYGUARD SWORD, MODEL 1814, RESTORATION PERIOD.
Guard in gilded brass, with four branches forming a shell decorated with the Arms of France under a royal crown and a background of a bundle of flags and oak and laurel branches. Cap with a long tail. Handle in wood covered with shagreen and a double weave of silver filigree. Knucklebow stamped with the "B" under a star of the inspector E.L. Borson, August 1814 to September 1816, from the Klingenthal Manufacture, and a "B" under a fleur-de-lys in a circle of rings, hallmark of J.G. Bick used during the First Restoration from April 1814 to March 1815.
Blade with hollow edges engraved with an armor trophy, two fleur-de-lys, and the inscription "KING'S BODYGUARD." on one side, and on the other side with a trophy of the Arms of France and the radiant sun with its face. Spine engraved with "Royal Manufacture of Klingenthal, November 1814." Stamped at the heel with the "B" under a star of the inspector E.L. Borson, August 1814 to September 1816, and the "B" surrounded by laurel branches of the 1st class controller J.G. Bick, 1812 to May 1815.
Length 93.5 cm.
Scabbard of the first model 1814 in black patent leather with three gilded bronze fittings decorated with lines and stamped like the knucklebow.
Very good condition, the hilt and fittings retain almost all of their original gilding, the blade with original polish with some oxidation spots, the scabbard has some chipping.
France.
Restoration Period.
Guard in gilded brass, with four branches forming a shell decorated with the Arms of France under a royal crown and a background of a bundle of flags and oak and laurel branches. Cap with a long tail. Handle in wood covered with shagreen and a double weave of silver filigree. Knucklebow stamped with the "B" under a star of the inspector E.L. Borson, August 1814 to September 1816, from the Klingenthal Manufacture, and a "B" under a fleur-de-lys in a circle of rings, hallmark of J.G. Bick used during the First Restoration from April 1814 to March 1815.
Blade with hollow edges engraved with an armor trophy, two fleur-de-lys, and the inscription "KING'S BODYGUARD." on one side, and on the other side with a trophy of the Arms of France and the radiant sun with its face. Spine engraved with "Royal Manufacture of Klingenthal, November 1814." Stamped at the heel with the "B" under a star of the inspector E.L. Borson, August 1814 to September 1816, and the "B" surrounded by laurel branches of the 1st class controller J.G. Bick, 1812 to May 1815.
Length 93.5 cm.
Scabbard of the first model 1814 in black patent leather with three gilded bronze fittings decorated with lines and stamped like the knucklebow.
Very good condition, the hilt and fittings retain almost all of their original gilding, the blade with original polish with some oxidation spots, the scabbard has some chipping.
France.
Restoration Period.
Reference :
9246
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