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Maître Brice Pescheteau-Badin
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HEAVY CAVALRY SABRE MODEL 1784, known as 'Arco', brass-mount…
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126
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HEAVY CAVALRY SABRE MODEL 1784, known as 'Arco', brass-mount…
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
HEAVY CAVALRY SABRE MODEL 1784, known as 'Arco', brass-mounted, three-pronged hilt with four finials and decorated with a lictor's bundle with Phrygian cap, short-tailed cap, wooden handle covered with twisted filigree basane, punched single-edged blade with gutter, punched 'V' probably for the Versailles manufacture; the leather scabbard with three brass fittings adorned with two bélières.
Late 18th century, revolutionary period.
Total length (with scabbard): 114 cm.
Blade length: 96 cm.
Wear, restorations, pitted blade, later strap and scabbard.
See original version (French)
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