Sabre For A Chasseur Officer, Model 1792 - France - 18th Century

Hunter's officer's SABRE, model 1792
France
18th century
Steel, brass, sheepskin, copper
Total length: 94 cm; Blade length: 81 cm

Flat pommel, chiselled with three lines, topped with a diamond-shaped rivet button with a long tail.
Joint arch joining the crossguard at a right angle, with curvilinear diamond-shaped lugs highlighted by a line.
Straight quillon ending in a four-faceted button, chiselled with lines.
Fusée covered with sheepskin, filigree with twisted copper wires.
Blade with one cutting edge and one counter-cutting edge, with hollow sides, engraved in the first third with bundles of weapons, foliage, flowers and a hunter, all enhanced with gold; flat back chiselled with a sun and a star enhanced with gold.
Leather scabbard, silver-plated brass chape and pommel decorated with lines, lyre-shaped tip.
Two ring loops.

Ref.: 6347

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