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A FINE IRISH PRESENTATION LIGHT CAVALRY SABRE
Dated 1805
With curved single-edged hollow-ground blade lightly etched with trophies of arms flowers and the British royal arms and crowned monogram 'GR', the stirrup hilt of gilt-copper alloy (gilding rubbed) with side-loop and cap-pommel cast and chased as a military helmet with triple ostrich-feather plume, the knuckle-guard widening in the centre into an oval cartouche with foliated columns above and below and framing the engraved 'GR' monogram within a laurel wreath, elsewhere cast and chased with running laurel foliage, the short rear quillon set with silver rosettes, the shield-shaped hinged langets each with a shield bearing a cross changed with a fleur-de-lys under a silver crown, the wire-bound ivory grip (small repairs) alternately reeded and chequered, in its original copper scabbard (originally gilt, minor dents) with reinforced tip and mouth, the latter originally fitted with a roller (missing) and narrow applied strips carrying loose-rings engraved on the outer side near the mouth with a figure of Fame blowing a trumpet, on the inner side with the maker's signature 'Jno Read/Maker/College Green/Dublin', elsewhere with interlace and conventional foliage and flowers, partly bright-cut, and between the suspension-rings on one face, a long presentation inscription
31¾in. (80.7cm.) blade
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