FRANCE, First Empire - Restoration. - Lot 161

FRANCE, First Empire - Restoration. Infantry Officer's saber modeled after that of the Officers of the Foot Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard. Gilded brass hilt, with long-tailed cap and one branch chased with leafy pellets. Diamond-shaped mounts, engraved with a quatrefoil, one with a laurelled profile of the Emperor in silver (min. 800) (reported?). Ornate quillon en suite. Wooden spindle with twisted brass filigree, later. Curved, single-edged blade with two wide hollow sides and flat back, partially engraved with gilded trophies and leaves on a blued background, finished in scrolls (later blade or bluing?). Heel marked S.H. With a leather scabbard with two brass fittings, adorned with fillets, a cap with escutcheon knob and filed mounts and a bolt finished with a gadrooned knob. Probably composite weapon. Blade length: 69.9 cm - Total length: 87.5 cm. Blued wear and a few stains on the blade; shock to the quillon, slightly bent; scabbard seam partially missing, with small holes, a few shocks to the fittings, clevis formerly reattached with glue.