CAVALRY OFFICER'S SABRE LIGHT Brass and ebony mounting. Lion head butt cap, palmette and scales. Flat jointed bow with right-angle profile of an antique figure, and a cruise decorated with an antique divinity. Zoomorphic quillon. Ebony spindle cracked. Curved Solingen blade chased, gilded and blued in thirds (remains). Without scabbard. France, Consulate / Empire period. Total length: 100 cm PROVENANCE : - Roger de Montégudet collection (1880-1925) - by descent to this day.