1837 model naval officer’s sabre.

Chiselled bronze mount.
Oval pommel joined to the guard, decorated with scallop shell motifs.
Chiselled connecting arch linking the openwork plate, decorated with a ship’s anchor beneath a crown.
Slightly curved quillon decorated with a sea dog.
Horn tang (filigree missing).
Slightly curved blade by Coulaux in Klingenthal.
Scabbard with three chiselled brass fittings featuring a marine anchor and a scabbard tip button with a scallop shell motif (damage).
France, circa 1840.
Total length: 81 cm.

Expert: Alban Degrave