FRANCE - Lot 247

FRANCE Senior Officer's or General's Saber One-branch gilded brass mounting decorated with a man holding a flag, probably Bonaparte at Arcole, pommel studded with stars, shuttle-shaped auricles decorated with antique-style heads, curved quillon engraved with foliage, flat-backed curved blade, one-third gilded and blued, decorated with trophies of arms, two-ring brass scabbard decorated with Neptune, god of the sea and horses, in the first reserve (possible addition), barrels and naval anchor surmounted by a grotesque mask and staff thunderbolt, the other face adorned with a semi of flowers, lyre-shaped steel sting. First Empire L. 97 cm ND Pitting, missing blade, accidents and oxidation Due to its decoration, we can attribute this saber to a Senior Officer or General of the Naval Artillery or Cavalry.