*Sword of a member of the Institute, with a hallmarked silve - Lot 166

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*Sword of a member of the Institute, with a hallmarked silve - Lot 166
*Sword of a member of the Institute, with a hallmarked silver hilt, finely chiseled, modeled after those of the Institute of Egypt, but without the Egyptian motif on the tang, openwork pommel decorated with a palmette and a spiderweb, tang featuring two fluted mother-of-pearl plates, tang ends decorated with palmettes and foliage; blade with a triangular cross-section, engraved, gilded, and blued one-third of the way up, signed at the heel: “I. S. & C.”; leather scabbard, two silver fittings engraved with foliage, iron tip; length 96 cm. Early Empire period. Very good condition. HALLMARKS: rooster, 1st Paris standard, 1809/1819; Paris medium hallmark; silversmith: “M L,” Marc Augustin LEBRUN, Quai des Orfèvres, stamped 1810/1811.
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