SWORD. Horse artillery officer's sabre, brass mounting, three-pronged "hunter" guard, one prong forming the counter-guard, shuttle-shaped mounts, long-tailed cap, wooden spindle sheathed in basane and triple twisted brass filigree, curved blade with hollow sides and gutter, counter-edge, notched tip, fully damascened, engraved and gilt two thirds of the way through with foliage, scrolls and trophies of arms, cartouches with artillery pieces in action and a rider with sabre in the clear charging, rush back fully chased with a garland of foliage, steel scabbard with two iron hoop bracelets, asymmetrical iron sting. L: 98 cm, blade: 84 cm. 1st Empire-Restoration period. BE