OFFICER'S SABER OF LIGHT CAVALRY OR HONOR GUARD, First Empire - Restoration period. 30104

OFFICER'S SABER OF LIGHT CAVALRY OR HONOR GUARD, First Empire - Restoration period. 30104

Mounting in silver metal. Guard with a single branch decorated with a prominent molding. Ears decorated at the front with a trophy of arms and in the back with a spider web. Cap with a short scalloped tail in relief, known as "melon ribs." Handle in finely checkered ebony. Curved blade with hollow flats engraved and gilded with trophies of arms and floral decorations on a blued background, it bears the artisanal engraving "LA BOUCHETIERE - VENDÉE 1799," length 86.3 cm. Silver-plated brass scabbard with two suspension rings engraved with a vertically striated frieze, each framed by engraved acanthus leaves, iron drag.

France.
First Empire.
Good condition, artisanal engraving of the blade likely done at the time in memory of the Vendée conflict.

NOTE:
Janvre, also known as La Bouchetière, a captain of the navy and a knight of Saint Louis, served in the army of Vendée, and was proposed as a commissioner in 1825.
In the composition of the Catholic and Royal army, an officer by the name of La Bouchetière is listed for the years 1793-1799. He commanded an independent army.