OFFICER'S SWORD, Restoration. 24199
Gilded bronze frame. Guard branch decorated with palmettes and laurel branches. Keyboard decorated with a stylized spider web and laurel branches with flowers. Pommel decorated with palmettes, laurel branches and a helmeted goddess head. Ferrules with geometric and palmette decorations. Wooden handle with mother-of-pearl plates. Triangular blade, length 79 cm, engraved and gilded on its first third with military trophies and floral decorations, on a blued background. Scarlet cloth tie. Black patent leather scabbard with two gilt bronze fittings with scalloped edges, engraved with stylized laurel branches. Clevis with raised button for wearing on the belt.
France.
Restoration.
Very good condition, copy having retained all its gilding, superb blade, scabbard very slightly rubbed on the trimmings and leather.
Reference :
24199