SABRE D'OFFICIER DES GRENADIERS À CHEVAL DE LA GARDE DES CONSULS

OFFICER'S SABER OF THE HORSE GRENADIERS OF THE CONSULS' GUARD

Considered the most aesthetically accomplished weapon of its period.
Chased and gilded bronze mounting. Octagonal cap with seven five-pointed stars and lion's head at the top. Flat jointed arch with amati features and radiating sun in the center.
Stand out:
- On one side, three branches with rooster heads, meeting on the central medallion decorated with a flaming pomegranate on a spider's web background.
- On the other, an identical branch forms the counterguard. Eagle-headed quillon.
Basane-covered wooden spindle with alternating double brass filigree, imitation rope ferrule.
Damascus blade with box-edge, counter-edge and carp tongue.
The blade is engraved with a lictor-beam, palm tree and antique-style helmets, and one-third gilded. It is inscribed in a cartouche with "garde des consuls / grenadiers à cheval" and the recipient's (unidentified) number "LEF" in a medallion on blued font.
Back signed "MANUFACTURE De KLINGENTHAL COULAux FRÈRES".
Total length: 108.5 cm
Wooden scabbard with two long brass fittings. Chappe decorated with interlaced ogive friezes and dome-shaped festoons. Long bolt in continuation of the chape. Large amati field engraved in high relief with trophies and alternating vegetation. Beam-shaped end and iron roquillard dart.
France, Consulate period.
Total length: 108.5 cm

PROVENANCE

- Roger de Montégudet Collection (1880 - 1925)
- By descent to the present day.