AUCTION 31: ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOR AND DECORATIONS

A COURT SWORD, ITALIAN HERAUT OF MURAT GIOACCHINO NAPOLEONE

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Start price: $1,500

Estimated price: $2,000 - $2,500

Buyer's premium:

An unusual Italian shortsword of a herald of Joachim Murat with a gilt-bronze-cast pommel as Moorish-style head blowing a horn. The hilt is cast of gilt-bronze with the owner’s initials "NS" and Murat’s monogram "JN" (GIOACCHINO NAPOLEONE) on the clamshell guard. The blade is of a flatten-diamond shape with a single groove in the middle.

Dimensions: 38 9/16 in., (98 cm.)

Condition: Good, scabbard is missing.