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A French 1st Empire Dragoon Officer's SabreEarly 19th Century
24 May 2023, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,096 inc. premium
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A French 1st Empire Dragoon Officer's Sabre
Early 19th Century
Early 19th Century
Of regulation pattern, with curved fullered blade double-edged at the point, the forte on both sides etched and gilt (gilding refreshed) against the remains of a blued ground with a differing martial trophy, designs of foliage and wreaths centred on gilt panels inscribed 'Coulaux Freres' and 'Manufacture des Klingenthal' respectively, and surmounted by a crowned Imperial Eagle, brass hilt retaining traces of gilding and comprising fluted shell-shaped side-guard pierced with slots and circles and linked to the knuckle-guard by four scrolled bars, inner-guard en suite, lobed quillon, pommel-cap, and leather-covered grip bound with twisted copper wire, in its original brass-mounted leather scabbard (some loss of surface finish), the mounts retaining traces of gilding
93.5 cm. blade
93.5 cm. blade








