FRANCE - Lot 241

FRANCE Cavalry Officer's Saber 950-milliliter silver mounting, one limb, squared ebony hilt, cruciate with auricles, short quillon, curved blade with flat back and three gutters at certain points of the blade, gilded and blued on one half, decorated with trophies of arms, a medallion of veneration and magical inscriptions in cabalistic script in a cartouche with an opening at the end, 950-milliliter silver-mounted scabbard, two rings, with two leather crevices, lyre-shaped steel sting. Marks Premier Coq Paris (1797-1809), Tête de vieillard and Maître Orfèvre J.A.N First Empire L. 88 cm ND Slightly blunt, oxidation and wear restorations In shape and material, it is similar to the sabers of reward and honor distributed at the time.