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Lot 83

A Rare French 1781 Model Chasseurs De Evéchés Sabre
Late 18th Century

20 April 2011, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare French 1781 Model Chasseurs De Evéchés Sabre
Late 18th Century

With slightly curved tapering fullered blade stamped with inspector's marks on one side at the forte and etched 'Manufacture De Klingethal' along the back, regulation iron hilt of flat bars comprising knuckle-guard and side-bar joined together by a diagonal bar and each with central circular feature, the side-bar screwed to the cap-shaped pommel, the latter with ovoidal button, flat rounded rear quillon and bluntly-pointed inner-guard, the latter stamped with Museum of Artillery mark beneath, and ribbed leather-covered grip bound with iron wire, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard (leather with some losses) with iron and brass mounts, the locket and chape (light pitting) each with a ring for suspension
97.5 cm. blade

Footnotes

Provenance:
The Museum of Artillery, Rotunda, Woolwich, no. MA1822

See Ariés, Armes Blanches Militaires Françaises, vo. IV, 2nd fascicule, 1967

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