the broad single-edged blade with fuller along the back edge decorated with silver-overlaid arabesques, the forte covered with cast and pierced silver panels, the carved hilt with silver-pommel cap, the wood scabbard with similarly decorated mounts and blue velvet cover
43cm. long

Footnotes

The F. Barbedienne foundry was started in Paris in 1838 by Ferdinand Barbedienne and Achille Collas, who was the inventor of a machine that mechanically reduced statues.

The firm, called Collas & Barbedienne, specialized in reproductions of antique and modern sculpture and eventually employed about 300 artists and workers, who produced as many as 1,200 subjects, including the work of Michelangelo, Luca della Robbia and Antoine-Louis Barye, as well as making busts of historical notables. By 1850 the firm was also producing a wide range of decorative objects—chandeliers, vases and furniture. Between 1850 and 1854 the firm provided furnishings in the Renaissance Revival style for the Hôtel de Ville, Paris. From 1851 the firm, by then known as Barbedienne, received numerous medals at the international exhibitions, including medals in three different classes at the International Exhibition of 1862 in London.

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A Bronze cast of a Sri Lankan Dagger (PIHA KAETTA) signed "F. Barbedienne" France, 19th Century

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