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Sabre des gardes du corps du Roi, Klingenthal, septembre 1814

Le laiton de la garde enferme la main dans plusieurs branches et une coquille où les armes de France, sous la couronne, s'inscrivent dans un entourage de feuillages et de drapeaux. La lame, légèrement courbe, garde sur son gris mat une suite de motifs gravés : la fin d'une inscription, Roi, une fleur de lys, puis un trophée de drapeaux et, près de la garde, deux petits poinçons. Le fourreau de cuir noir, au grain froissé, s'habille de trois garnitures de métal jaune, de deux anneaux de suspente et d'une longue bouterolle terminée par un dard de métal gris.

En 1814, la première Restauration recrée les gardes du corps du Roi. Le corps disparaît pendant les Cent-Jours, renaît après Waterloo, puis est supprimé en 1830 : une histoire brève, dont ce premier modèle de sabre porte la date. Au dos de la lame, un exemplaire passé en vente porte l'inscription de la Manufacture royale du Klingenthal et le mois de septembre 1814, avec un poinçon Versailles au quillon. Fondée par lettres patentes de Louis XV en 1730, la manufacture compte plus de sept cents ouvriers en 1815. La fiche décrit les mêmes marques et nomme Bick et Borson pour le poinçon BB, ce qui n'a pu être confirmé ; sur les photos, on voit près de la garde un poinçon B et un second poinçon dans une couronne de laurier, illisible, mais ni le dos de la lame ni le quillon.

Époque
1814
Matière
Laiton doré, bois, galuchat, filigrane d'argent, cuir et bronze doré
Modèle
Sabre des gardes du corps du Roi, premier modèle
Manufacture
Klingenthal, septembre 1814
Dimensions
L. totale 110 cm
État
Bon état
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The brass of the guard encloses the hand in several branches and a shell where the arms of France, beneath the crown, sit within a surround of foliage and flags. The slightly curved blade keeps on its matt grey a sequence of engraved motifs: the end of an inscription, Roi, a fleur-de-lis, then a trophy of flags and, near the guard, two small stamps. The black leather scabbard, with a crumpled grain, is dressed in three yellow-metal mounts, two suspension rings and a long chape ending in a grey metal drag.

In 1814 the first Restoration re-formed the king's bodyguard. The corps vanished during the Hundred Days, returned after Waterloo and was abolished in 1830, a short history whose date this first sabre model carries. On the spine of the blade, an example sold at auction bears the inscription of the Manufacture royale du Klingenthal and the month of September 1814, with a Versailles stamp on the quillon. Founded by letters patent of Louis XV in 1730, the manufactory employed more than seven hundred workers in 1815. The listing describes the same markings and names Bick and Borson for the BB stamp, which could not be confirmed; in the photographs, a B stamp and a second, illegible stamp within a laurel wreath can be seen near the guard, but neither the spine of the blade nor the quillon.

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  • Sabre des gardes du corps du Roi modèle 1814 : garde à quatre branches, coquille aux armes de France sous couronne, poignée en galuchat avec filigrane, lame dos gravé Manufre Rle du Klingenthal septembre 1814, faces gravées Gardes du Corps du Roi et armes de France, quillon poinçonné Versailles, période de la première Restauration. https://www.ader-paris.fr/lot/11763/2218621
  • Les gardes du corps du roi sont recréés en 1814, disparaissent pendant les Cent-Jours, sont recréés après Waterloo et supprimés en 1830. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardes_du_Corps_du_Roi_(France)
  • La Manufacture royale d'armes blanches du Klingenthal est établie par lettres patentes de Louis XV le 15 juillet 1730, compte plus de 700 ouvriers en 1815 et ferme en 1962. https://www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr/fr/maison-de-la-manufacture-darmes-blanches-du-klingenthal

Sabre des gardes du corps du Roy, 1er modèle, 1814. Garde en laiton doré, 4 branches, coquille au armes de France, couronne, etc ... Plateau signé Versaille, poinçons BB,lame pens creux, dos marqué Manufacture Royale de Klingenthal septembre 1814. Sur une face: fleurs de lys, trophée et garde du corps du roi, sur l'autre: soleil et trophée. Poinçon BB pour Bick et Borson. Poignée bois, galuchat et double filigrame en argent. Foureau en cuir, garniture en bronze doré poinçonées.

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Good condition
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