Lot 194
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A GERMAN PRESENTATION SABRE with finely watered curved single-edged blade with clipped-back point and yelman, the forte etched and gilt with foliated scrollwork, a torch on one side and a vase of flowers on the other, and inscribed 'Fr: Pr: v: Pr/27ten April 1823', and in gold ovals 'Waffenfabrick von Pr. W. Knecht Sohn in Soligen Pers: Kahora. Weich', mameluke hilt with gilt-brass guard cast and chased with designs of foliage, and cow-horn grip-scales retained by three gilt-brass studs, the pommel pierced and retaining its original bullion sword-knot, in original leather-covered scabbard, the mounts decorated with embossed and chased foliage and anthemian ornament, dated 1823

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A GERMAN PRESENTATION SABRE with finely watered curved single-edged blade with clipped-back point and yelman, the forte etched and gilt with foliated scrollwork, a torch on one side and a vase of flowers on the other, and inscribed 'Fr: Pr: v: Pr/27ten April 1823', and in gold ovals 'Waffenfabrick von Pr. W. Knecht Sohn in Soligen Pers: Kahora. Weich', mameluke hilt with gilt-brass guard cast and chased with designs of foliage, and cow-horn grip-scales retained by three gilt-brass studs, the pommel pierced and retaining its original bullion sword-knot, in original leather-covered scabbard, the mounts decorated with embossed and chased foliage and anthemian ornament, dated 1823
29½in. blade [E.649]

Lot Essay

P. Knecht appears to have been one of the first European makers to experiment in the production of Oriental watered blades

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