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A French Hunting SwordBy Lepage Moutier Arqer. A Paris, Mid-19th Century
17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,250 inc. premium
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By Lepage Moutier Arqer. A Paris, Mid-19th Century
By Lepage Moutier Arqer. A Paris, Mid-19th Century
With bright tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section with off-set fuller along most of its length on both sides (point lightly ground off), the forte on one side etched with symmetrical foliage centred on a roebuck's head, and on the other centred on a wolf's head in profile, steel hilt formed as a stippled fleur-de-lys with quillon-block chiselled in relief with a hound on one side beneath a banner inscribed 'Fidèle quand Même' in gothic script, pommel with pierced petal on each side, and swelling grip bound with plain and twisted steel wire, in original steel scabbard etched with symmetrical flowering foliage at the throat and chape, the former with maker's details on gothic script on one side and chiselled foliate belt hook on the other, the latter with terminal formed as a fleur-de-lys
53.5 cm. blade
53.5 cm. blade
Footnotes
Lepage-Moutier are recorded in Paris between 1842 and 1868








