Official Navy Sword: Maritime Elegance Of 1814

OFFICIAL SWORD OF THE NAVY Around 1814. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword expert)

Reference	4-1814-C
Name	Sword
Period	Around 1814
Guard	Excellent and unique, with all its components in beautifully crafted gilded brass featuring marine motifs of special beauty. It stands out with a spherical pommel filled with shells and seaweed with a high bolster, a cable-shaped ring ending in a dolphin head, a knuckle guard in the shape of a pointed eagle’s head, and a front shell where we observe a cable and two marine fauns on either side, and in the center, the three basic elements of an Imperial Navy: eagle, anchor, and trident among olive and oak branches.
Blade	Very Spanish in style, edges on both sides, central groove in the first third, and three flat surfaces up to the tip.
Total Length	995 mm
Blade Length	845 mm
Blade Width	21 mm
Description	A whimsical sword, not regulation, which despite its First Empire French design, reveals what was being manufactured and what high-ranking officials used according to the tastes and styles of the time. The trident and anchor of the shell perfectly define it for chiefs and officers of the Navy.
Museum Inventory	V.N. Collection

Official Navy Sword: Maritime Elegance of 1814