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A French Napoleonic light cavalry officer's sword attributed to a Captain of VoltigeursTogether with portraits of the officer and his brother
8 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoSold for US$11,700 inc. premium
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A French Napoleonic light cavalry officer's sword attributed to a Captain of Voltigeurs
Together with portraits of the officer and his brother
Together with portraits of the officer and his brother
Comprising: 1) The saber with curved 33 1/2 clip point blade and broad shallow fuller, the 11 inch blued panel having conventional engraved and gilt panels. Blade inscribed above the blued section Charles Germain Capitaine de Voltigeurs. above a band of scrollwork. Brass stirrup hilt with downcurving quillon, long oval languets, knucklebow with central lobed and fluted section and faceted pommel. One-piece checkered walnut grip. Brass scabbard. 2) Painting, oil on tin, bust portrait of an officer, period ebonized and gilt frame inscribed on the reverse Germain Charles de Chamonix/1813 and with a second inscription in German. 3) Another portrait, en suite to the first, bust portrait of a gentleman in civilian clothes, inscribed on the reverse 1813/Victor Charles de Chamonix with German inscription below.
Condition: 1) Blade has been bent and straightened, steel with some light spotting and retaining much of the blued and gilt decoration. Grip cracked on one side. Scabbard with minor marks. Inscription possibly later. 2) Some losses to paint. 3) Frame cracked.
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Condition: 1) Blade has been bent and straightened, steel with some light spotting and retaining much of the blued and gilt decoration. Grip cracked on one side. Scabbard with minor marks. Inscription possibly later. 2) Some losses to paint. 3) Frame cracked.
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