pair of gold - plated and silver - plated sabers from the people ' s republic of china, 19th - 20th century
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213 - Light cavalry officer’s sabre, with a guard featuring a bras…
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
Description
Light cavalry officer’s sabre, with a guard featuring a brass branch formerly gilded, the branch chiselled with a fleur-de-lis and foliage, straight crossguard, an inflated quillon, pommels in the shape of shuttles adorned with a Gorgon on a halo, pommel in the shape of a lion’s head engraved with scales, ebony tang with a chequered pattern, forming lozenges; curved blade with a hollow back, blued and gilded in the upper third, signed on the heel: ‘Frères Weyersberg fabts Strasbourg’, engraved with trophies, foliage and a charging hussar on one side; plain brass scabbard, ferrule bands engraved with laurel leaves, lower section engraved with foliage and a palmette, iron tip; length 102 cm. (Traces of gilding on the guard and scabbard; the scabbard ferrule is missing, two knocks towards the tip). Early Empire period. Good condition.
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About the sale Antique weapons, historical memorabilia and decorations
Auction location
Auction time 11/04/2026 at 11:00 AM
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