

SWORD OF DIGNITY
Mounted in gilt bronze and mother-of-pearl, pommel
with imperial eagle, guard branch with decor
of plant friezes and putti face. Keyboard
finely openworked with imperial eagle clasping
a stick of lightning. It is flanked by a
crown of oak leaves and laurel.
Blade with triangular section of the manufacture
of arms of Saint Etienne. Leather scabbard
with two brass trimmings (accident).
France, Second Empire period
91 cm
Mounted in gilt bronze and mother-of-pearl, pommel
with imperial eagle, guard branch with decor
of plant friezes and putti face. Keyboard
finely openworked with imperial eagle clasping
a stick of lightning. It is flanked by a
crown of oak leaves and laurel.
Blade with triangular section of the manufacture
of arms of Saint Etienne. Leather scabbard
with two brass trimmings (accident).
France, Second Empire period
91 cm
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