Light Cavalry officer's sword, attributed to the Count of Lussac - France - Restoration period

Light Cavalry officer's sword, attributed to the Count of Lussac
France
Restoration Period
Steel, bronze, leather, copper, brass
Total length: 101.5 cm; Closed length: 86.5 cm

Gilt bronze mount.
Domed cap chiseled with a rosette, with rivet button, long tail, engraved with foliate motifs, palmettes and acanthus leaves.
Rounded joint arch, two secondary branches decorated with threaded pearls and scales and earlobes with median florets.
Handle made of sheepskin filigreed with twisted copper wire.
Curved quillon ending in a button.
Curved blade, with one cutting edge and one false edge, acid-etched Damascus steel.
Brown felt tie.
Steel sheet scabbard with two oval gilt brass bands, each side engraved with a fleur-de-lis on a sandblasted background.
Two gilt brass bail rings.
A gilt brass chape, chased with a fleur-de-lis in the center of a laurel wreath on a sandblasted background, with foliate motifs and arrows.
Lyre-shaped dart.

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 in the Church of Saint-Martial. He died on August 19, 1832, at the age of 77. His military career led him to hold several positions, including Brigadier General, Governor of the Invalides, and Commandant of the Cavalry Schools of Béthune and Hesdin. He also commanded the Light Horse of the King's Guard.

The Light Horse were created in 1593, in the Red House of the King of France. Disbanded in 1787, they were re-established in 1814 by Louis XVIII.

Origin:

Formerly in the collection of Master André Thélot; lot no. 237 in the sale of November 21 and 28, 1978 in Blois.

Ref.: 7549

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