Hussar sabre
France
Around 1790
Steel, brass, sheepskin, copper
Long. total: 97.9; Long. blade: 85 cm

Brass mount.
Flat, spoon-shaped cap with a long tail.
Rocket covered with sheepskin, filigree with twisted copper wire in twelve turns.
Curved joint arc.
Oblong tray ending in a rounded point.
Rectangular earlobes.
Single-edged blade with a counter-edged edge, chiseled with curvilinear capital letters and numbers on each side, a sun, a hussar, a polar star and a moon.
Leather scabbard, silver-plated brass chape and rivet decorated with lines, lyre-shaped dart.
Two bail rings.

Ref.: 6348

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