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Lot 64

A Rare French Revolutionary Period Dragoon Trooper's Sword
Late 18th Century

30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£1,000 - £1,500

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A Rare French Revolutionary Period Dragoon Trooper's Sword
Late 18th Century

With slightly curved fullered blade double-edged at the point, the forte on one side stamped twice with crowned 'B' mark of 1st class controller F.A. Bisch, brass hilt with half-guard of flat scrolled bars incorporating a Phrygian bonnet on a fasces, the inner side numbered '729', the outer stamped '1835', brass pommel-cap pierced for a sword-knot, and cord-bound leather-covered grip with leather thumb-strap (damaged, wire binding missing), in original black leather scabbard stamped with two inspector's marks and with steel locket, chape and suspension mount, the first and last each carrying a ring for suspension
96.7 cm. blade

Footnotes

For F.A. Bisch (1783-1790) see C. Ariès, Vol. 24, 1972

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