French Second Empire Officer's Sword with Inlaid Steel Blade
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A French second Empire Coulaux Et Cie officer's sword, mid 19th century, with maker's engraved mark Coulaux et Cie Klingenthal, with a chiselled brass handle, a Mother-of-pearl grip and a slender triangular steel blade with inlaid decoration, marker's mark below hilt; Coulaux et Cie owned the Royal forge facility at Klingenthal from the early 19th century to 1962, length 93 cm
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- Mother-Of-Pearl - Mother-of-pearl, technical name "nacre", is the inner layer of a sea shell. The iridescent colours and strength of this material were widely used in the nineteenth century as an inlay in jewellery, furniture, (especially papier mache furniture) and musical instruments.
In the early 1900s it was used to make pearl buttons. Mother-of-pearl is a soft material that is easily cut or engraved.
Nowadays it is a by-product of the oyster, freshwater pearl mussel and abalone industries.
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