AUCTION 31: ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOR AND DECORATIONS

A FRENCH COURT SWORD OF THE INSTITUTE OF EGYPT (NAPOLEONIC)

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Start price: $600

Estimated price: $900 - $1,200

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A fine French courts word with a triangular blade. Mother of Pearl grips, gilded bronze chiseled shell guard, pommel, and scabbard mounts. The sword would belong to a member of the Institut d’Egypte or Egyptian Scientific Institute (a learned society in Cairo specializing in Egyptology).

Dimensions: L: 38 3/16 in., (97 cm.)

Condition: Good overall, clean blade, scabbard tip is missing.