Only Online Auction
Geneva, Sep 22, 2021
LOT 436
Unsigned
Sword cane; steel, brass and bamboo
CHF 300 - 500
EUR 300 - 500 / USD 350 - 550 / HKD 2,600 - 4,300
Sword cane, the blade of which comes from a court sword, engraved on both sides with scrolls, acanthus and birds; split bamboo shaft joined by four riveted brass rings; foot, cut into a point, in brass.
| Grading System | |
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Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Brand Unsigned, France
Year circa 1760-1770
Material steel, brass and bamboo
Dimensions blade length 70.9 cm. / shaft length 83.4 cm. / total length 87 cm.
Weight 466 gr. (approx.)
Notes
The pommel of this sword cane has its knob missing: it may have been removed during the French Revolution as it was supposed to bear the coat-of-arms of a family of the Ancien Régime.
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