18th Century Silver-plated Iron City Sword.

18th century silver-plated iron city sword.

The guard has a pierced branch in the middle bearing the attributes of love and the arts and decorated with laurels on both sides and ends in a horn of plenty.
The handle, covered with an iron braid, ends in the pierced ball pommel.
The donkey's step starting with the attributes of Mars (the helmet, the shield and the trophies) joins the plate.
The plate of two domed half-shells furnished with flowers also bears on it the attributes of Mars and knowledge: The globe, the ruler and the parchment and below a basket of flowers and in a flowery ribbon Cupid's quiver.
Superb blade with colichemarde, with three unequal sides, decorated on the third and engraved on the widest side: "de la Manufacture de la marque aux raisin. Faite à Solingen" on the others: "Hiacinte Aydale marchant fourbisseur a Avignon".
A splendid 18th century silver-plated iron weapon (traces) with the marks of time and use (More than 200 years is not nothing). Length: 96.5 cm Width of the blade at the heel: 2.8 cm

Certainly ordered and worn by a man of quality.