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Sabre officer, stingray handle, finely engraved bronze, decorated with a crowned monogram and stylized plant motifs, signed blade lozenge "Proved" with a star, XIXth century.
This sword is in good condition. He has no scabbard. The blade was also carved with floral motifs, worn and less visible.
A note: traces of oxidation on the blade, wear time, although looking at the pictures.
cartilaginous fish leather (stripe or shark) long used in woodworking, leather casing, and more recently in leather goods. Halfway between the leather and the mineral, shagreen is covered with silica beads difficult to tan. It presents different aspects: granular and shiny, or sanded: in this case it is smooth and shows a partitioned area of small cells. There are 2 types of stingray: shagreen with small grains and coarse shagreen. The origin of the word "shagreen" actually goes back in the eighteenth century. This is the name of the first craftsman in the West was able to work the leather dogfish and skate. Jean-Claude Galluchat (with two "l") was a master gainier of King Louis XV ... or the Marquise de Pompadour. This artisan made so much reference to his time dressing this fish skin the rarest objects (chests, trunks, sword handles, etc.) that the proper name became synonymous with the matter. Forgot the nineteenth, shagreen resurfaces in the decorative arts in 1920, set off on furniture by great designers "Art Deco" like Paul Iribe, André Groult or Jules Leleu.
