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Rare and Fine Antique Arms & Armour from Around the World

Thursday 21 March 2024 e Friday 22 March 2024, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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An infantry officers' sabre-briquet, Late 18th - Early 19th Century

Estimate

€ 180 - 250

Sold

€ 350

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Francia
length 78,5 cm.
Curved, single-and short false-edged blade, likely an earlier adaptation of a broader blade; sides with fuller and half-blued, engraved with racemes, trophies and Turk's head, as well as cartouches with cabalistic numbers, gilt designs. Tang with gilded mesh decoration. Brass hilt with flat quillon, loop-guard webbed upward, long cap with squared outline. Grip with antique leather handle and copper wire binding with spiral. Black-dyed iron scabbard (later?) with brass mounts; cap with button. Probably dating back to the French Directory epoch.

Specialist Notes

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