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€ 600 - 900
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€ 2.000
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Regno delle Due Sicilie
length 91 cm
Straight blade of triangular section with hollow sides, the wider side with double fuller. The first side with beautiful gilded engravings on a blue background with trophies and floral motifs. Brass hilt keeping all its gilding. The upper side of the sword-shell beautifully worked in relief with cornucopias and rods of Asclepius, the lower part engraved with fine floral motifs on the border. Guard with floral motifs in relief. Pommel with palmettes and floral motifs. Grip bearing the crowned royal monogram "FII" of Ferdinand II, with Bourbon three-lily shield on the back. Linen-covered wooden scabbard painted in white (damaged parts, signs of use and time) with gilt and engraved brass mounts, the cap signed "Labruna 1841 Napoli". See a similar sword in Calamandrei "Storia dell'Arma Bianca Italiana" (Ed. Olimpia 1999), p. 482 (at the center, with photo). Such a beautiful work with engravings even under the sword-shell suggests that it could be a sword for the king's private doctors.
length 91 cm
Straight blade of triangular section with hollow sides, the wider side with double fuller. The first side with beautiful gilded engravings on a blue background with trophies and floral motifs. Brass hilt keeping all its gilding. The upper side of the sword-shell beautifully worked in relief with cornucopias and rods of Asclepius, the lower part engraved with fine floral motifs on the border. Guard with floral motifs in relief. Pommel with palmettes and floral motifs. Grip bearing the crowned royal monogram "FII" of Ferdinand II, with Bourbon three-lily shield on the back. Linen-covered wooden scabbard painted in white (damaged parts, signs of use and time) with gilt and engraved brass mounts, the cap signed "Labruna 1841 Napoli". See a similar sword in Calamandrei "Storia dell'Arma Bianca Italiana" (Ed. Olimpia 1999), p. 482 (at the center, with photo). Such a beautiful work with engravings even under the sword-shell suggests that it could be a sword for the king's private doctors.