KING'S BODYGUARD SABER, model 1814, Restoration period.
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KING'S BODYGUARD SWORD, model 1814, Restoration.
Gilt brass guard, with four branches forming a shell decorated with the Arms of France under a royal crown and on the 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 twisted silver filigree. Guard stamped with "VERSAILLES", a "C" under a star which reproduces the stamp of Châteaudrun, a "B" under a star of the inspector P. Bick 1813 - 1818, at the back of the shell a starred "B". Blade with hollow facets engraved with an armor trophy, 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 "Manufactured at Klingenthal Royal Arsenal August 1814". Stamped at the heel with the "B" under a star of the inspector E.L. Borson, August 1814 to September 1816, and a "B" framed by laurel branches of the 1st class controller J.G. Bick, 1812 to May 1815. Length 92.4 cm. Scarlet cloth knot.
Reconstructed scabbard of the first model 1814 in black varnished leather with three gilt bronze fittings decorated with lines and stamped as follows:
Chape: "B" under a star, and an oval stamp "LR".
Central fitting: "B" under a star, with the number "7".
Drag: "B" under a star, with the number "7".
France.
Restoration period.
Good condition, gilding absent, scabbard reconstructed at a later date.
Gilt brass guard, with four branches forming a shell decorated with the Arms of France under a royal crown and on the 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 twisted silver filigree. Guard stamped with "VERSAILLES", a "C" under a star which reproduces the stamp of Châteaudrun, a "B" under a star of the inspector P. Bick 1813 - 1818, at the back of the shell a starred "B". Blade with hollow facets engraved with an armor trophy, 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 "Manufactured at Klingenthal Royal Arsenal August 1814". Stamped at the heel with the "B" under a star of the inspector E.L. Borson, August 1814 to September 1816, and a "B" framed by laurel branches of the 1st class controller J.G. Bick, 1812 to May 1815. Length 92.4 cm. Scarlet cloth knot.
Reconstructed scabbard of the first model 1814 in black varnished leather with three gilt bronze fittings decorated with lines and stamped as follows:
Chape: "B" under a star, and an oval stamp "LR".
Central fitting: "B" under a star, with the number "7".
Drag: "B" under a star, with the number "7".
France.
Restoration period.
Good condition, gilding absent, scabbard reconstructed at a later date.
Reference :
19812
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