Lot n° 73
Estimation :
2000 - 3000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 2 470EUR
Staff officer's saber, Vendémiaire an XII type. - Lot 73
Staff officer's saber, Vendémiaire an XII type.
Gilt brass mounting. Short-skirted cap decorated with a frieze of foliage and a flower. Guard with a widening columnar branch and upward sloping sides, decorated with foliage and a lion's head. Ebony handle carved with oblique grooves. Body knot with trophies of arms, palm-chiselled half-grooves, leonine quillon curved towards the tip.
Curved, round-backed blade with counter-edge. Patinated iron scabbard with two wide bracelets, two rings and gilded brass bolt.
A.B.E. (wear to gilding). Consulate-Ist Empire period.
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