Senior officer's saber for the grenadiers à cheval de la gar - Lot 436

Senior officer's saber for the grenadiers à cheval de la garde des consuls (1802/1805), very fine hilt entirely in chased and gilded brass, with five branches decorated with foliage and terminating in fleurons, openwork shell representing a flaming pomegranate resting on a spider's web, the start of each branch from the main branch is embellished with a rooster's head, octagonal cap adorned with a palmette and, around the rim, a row of stars surmounted by a lion's head, leather-covered, filigree spindle; Montmorency-style blade with round back and full-length side groove, finished with a counter-edge, gilded, blued and etched with palmettes, trophies, foliage, a fame and, on one side, a blued shield marked: "Grenadiers a cheval" and, on the other side, a lozenge within a shield marked: "GARDE DES CONSULS" and below an oval medallion engraved with the monogram: "L", back signed: "Manufacture de Klingenthal Coulaux Freres"; chagrin-covered wooden scabbard with two large, highly-worked brass fittings, entirely chased and gilded, with two rings of bélières, iron stinger terminated by a fluted knob; length 113.5 cm. (Leather and watermark on fuse probably changed). Very fine late 19th century manufacture by Romel. Late 19th century. Very good condition.