Sword of academician of Léopold Escande (1902-1980). Handle - Lot 110

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Sword of academician of Léopold Escande (1902-1980). Handle - Lot 110
Sword of academician of Léopold Escande (1902-1980). Handle designed and sculpted by Joseph Andrau and offered by the city of Toulouse to the physicist Léopold Escande on March 28, 1955. White rocket with central decoration of hemispherical cabochons in blue glass. Guard branch in the form of a mermaid playing with a multifaceted glass ball forming a pommel. The tail of the mermaid forming a quillon, the central escutcheon carved in the form of two hands holding the tail of the mermaid. Long symmetrical blade in polished steel with four hollow sides and a strong central edge, the tip of the blade slightly distorted. Leather scabbard imitating green tinted snake skin, chappe bearing the initials of the academician surrounded by two laurel leaves, gilded steel bolt (slight dent). In its carrying case. (1+)
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