FRANCE, Third Republic, late 19th century Manufacture d'Armes de Châtellerault - Entreprise A. TREUILLE - Henry FAURE LE PAGE. Fancy model 1883 line cavalry officer's saber Copper-plated brass hilt with four prongs and stock quillon. Plain cap with long tail, embellished with a coat of arms under a count's crown, silvered. German-style black horn buttstock with copper filigree and rope. Single-edged straight blade with two hollow sides, one engraved "June 3, 1896" and the other marked on the heel "H. Fauré Le Page 8.R.Richelieu. Paris", and flat-backed, marked "Mre d'Armes de Châtt, 8bre 1894 Offer de Cavrie - Mle 1883 - Entse A. Treuille" ending in a counter-edge and a fine point. Sheet-iron scabbard with one strap and one ring. Blade length: 91.4 cm - Scabbard length: 93.5/95 cm - Total length: 107.5 cm. As is; wear, scratches, bumps; a few eats and large chips on the spindle, some wires to be reattached; tarnished brass, stains; oxidation, especially on the very rusty scabbard with some crushing. "Entreprise TREUILLE": Adrien TREUILLE, contractor at the Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault between 1888 and 1895. Henry FAURE LE PAGE: Émile Henry FAURE LE PAGE (1840-1929), son of Louis Didier FAURE and nephew of Henri LE PAGE and Gilles Michel Louis MOUTIER LE PAGE, with whom he formed a partnership in 1865. He took over the company in 1868 and remained active until 1913.