Light Cavalry Officer's Saber, Awarded To The Count Of Lussac - France - Restoration Period

Light Cavalry Officer’s SABER, attributed to the COUNT of LUSSAC
France
Restoration Period
Steel, bronze, leather, copper, brass
Total length: 101.5; Length when closed: 86.5 cm

Gilded bronze mount.
Domed pommel chiseled with a rosette, featuring a rivet knob and a long tail, engraved with foliage motifs, palmettes, and acanthus leaves.
Rounded joint arch; two secondary branches decorated with strung pearls and scales, and side guards featuring central florets.
Handle made of sheepskin, filigree-worked with twisted copper wires.
Curved quillon ending in a knob.
Curved blade, with a cutting edge and a back edge, acid-etched damascene.
Brown felt lanyard.
Steel sheet scabbard with two oval gilded brass bands, each side chased with a fleur-de-lis on a sandblasted background.
Two gilded brass lug rings.
Gilded brass pommel, engraved with a fleur-de-lis at the center of a laurel wreath on a sandblasted background, along with foliage motifs and arrows.
Lyre-shaped tip.

Born in Lussac-les-Églises on March 7, 1755, Louis Antoine, Marquis de Lussac, Baron de La Boutelaye, and Lord of Tilly and Coulonges, was baptized on the day of his birth at Saint-Martial Church. He died on August 19, 1832, at the age of 77. His military career led him to hold several positions, such as field marshal, governor of Les Invalides, and commander of the cavalry schools in Béthune and Hesdin. He also commanded the King’s Light Cavalry.

The Light Cavalry was established in 1593 as part of the King of France’s Maison Rouge. Disbanded in 1787, it was reestablished in 1814 by Louis XVIII.

Provenance:

Former collection of Maître André Thélot; lot no. 237 from the auction held on November 21 and 28, 1978, in Blois.

Ref.: 7549

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