Lot 232
  • 232

A French Art Nouveau patinated bronze and amazonite mounted sword, Lucien-Amadée Gaillard, Paris, circa 1903

Estimate
10,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • bronze, tanzantie
  • length overall: 42 in.
  • 106.8 cm
hemispherical guard cast with spiky foliage with copper highlights, pierced with a motto  and mounted with triangular cabochon amazonites, matching grip with openwork pommel and cabochon button, straight blade by Couleaux Brothers, Klingenthal, in wall-mounted lighted vitrine case.

Exhibited

Salon de la Societé des Artistes Français, 1903

Literature

Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons, 1895-1914. Volume V: Objects d'art and Metalware, 1999, p. 273, illus.

Condition

sword hilt good condition, some staining to blade
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Catalogue Note

The motto pierced into the guard, "Qui sy frotte sy pique" (If you go looking for trouble you will find it) is associated with King Louis XII and the Ducs d'Orléans.