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202 - *Rare officer’s sabre of the chasseurs à cheval of the Imper…
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Estimate €20,000 - €25,000
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*Rare officer’s sabre of the chasseurs à cheval of the Imperial Guard, a non-regulation model by Boutet: Brass hilt one chiselled and gilded crossguard in the style of the national decoration, similar to those found on the sabres of the Chasseurs à cheval, the first model of the Consuls’ hilt, but more elaborately decorated; rounded blade, adorned with braiding and gorges, and the crossguard terminating in a faceted pommel; the upper part of the blade chiselled with a scroll motif; hilt with a long tang surmounted by a fluted pommel; large, oval, curved lugs, surrounded by a fillet; wooden tang covered in grey shagreen, with double filigree. Standard blade for a junior officer, curved, with one concave side, blued and gilded to one-third; in the centre, within a gilded oval, the imperial eagle; the head and crown have been ground downat a later date, in 1814, as was the marking on the back, which retains some traces of the inscription (Chasseur cheval de la garde impériale). Iron scabbard, two gilded brass rings chiselled with a rectangle with a studded surface; signed on the reverse, above the first ferrule: ‘Manufre Imple d’Ares Versailles – Boutet & Fils’; pommel in the shape of a double button, similar to those found on sabres of honour; length 102 cm. (Signs of wear at the entranceof the scabbard, where the lugs meet). Early First Empire period. Good condition. The hilt of this sabre is of the same design as that of the national reward sabre belonging to Citizen SOULES of the Consuls’ Guard, exhibited at theLorraine Museum in Nancy and that of Citizen CAZEAU, captain of the 9th Infantry Brigade, awarded for the Battle of Marengo (in a private collection). BOUTET, Nicolas Noël, b. c. 1761 – d. 1833, renowned director of the Versailles Manufactory from Year II to 1818; he worked chiefly on award weapons, ceremonial weapons and luxury weapons, both bladed and firearms; these achieved worldwide renown for the quality of their craftsmanship and the originality of their designs. He had a branch of the Manufacture in Paris, at 1236 Rue de la Loi (Rue de Richelieu) in Year XI, and subsequently at 87 Rue de Richelieu in 1807; he is recorded, as a private arquebusier, in 1823 at 23 Rue des Filles Saint-Thomas, where he practised until 1831. He had a son, Pierre Nicolas, born in 1786 and died in 1816, which explains why the inscription sometimes reads: ‘BOUTET and son’.
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Auction time 11/04/2026 at 11:00 AM
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