A FINE FRENCH OFFICER'S DRESS SWORD of presentation type, with straight etched watered single-edged blade flat at the forte on each side and with two shallow fullers beyond, each extending to the point, the outer side of the forte etched with a ribbon bearing the inscription 'Dieu Te Garde et Regarde' against a background of etched oak branches, the inner side etched with a trophy of arms with a panel of scrolls and foliage above and beneath, and the maker's signature on the ricasso, iron four-bar hilt etched throughout with patterns of running flowers and foliage inhabited by fabulous monsters, all on a granular ground, the back-piece with the owner's coat-of-arms, a coronet above, wooden grip bound with copper wire, and original bright steel scabbard with one suspension ring, by Maria, 14 rue du 4 septembre, Paris, late 19th Century | Christie's

Lot 73

A FINE FRENCH OFFICER'S DRESS SWORD of presentation type, with straight etched watered single-edged blade flat at the forte on each side and with two shallow fullers beyond, each extending to the point, the outer side of the forte etched with a ribbon bearing the inscription 'Dieu Te Garde et Regarde' against a background of etched oak branches, the inner side etched with a trophy of arms with a panel of scrolls and foliage above and beneath, and the maker's signature on the ricasso, iron four-bar hilt etched throughout with patterns of running flowers and foliage inhabited by fabulous monsters, all on a granular ground, the back-piece with the owner's coat-of-arms, a coronet above, wooden grip bound with copper wire, and original bright steel scabbard with one suspension ring, by Maria, 14 rue du 4 septembre, Paris, late 19th Century

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A FINE FRENCH OFFICER'S DRESS SWORD of presentation type, with straight etched watered single-edged blade flat at the forte on each side and with two shallow fullers beyond, each extending to the point, the outer side of the forte etched with a ribbon bearing the inscription 'Dieu Te Garde et Regarde' against a background of etched oak branches, the inner side etched with a trophy of arms with a panel of scrolls and foliage above and beneath, and the maker's signature on the ricasso, iron four-bar hilt etched throughout with patterns of running flowers and foliage inhabited by fabulous monsters, all on a granular ground, the back-piece with the owner's coat-of-arms, a coronet above, wooden grip bound with copper wire, and original bright steel scabbard with one suspension ring, by Maria, 14 rue du 4 septembre, Paris, late 19th Century
39½in. blade

Lot Essay

J. Maria is recorded as a fourbisseur at the above address up till 1900

The arms of those of Bernon, Counts of Montlégier, of Languedoc

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