Continental Dress Sword
 

Just came across this dress/court sword, side shell appears to have a wigged head in profile above some lettering I cannot make out. It has a triangular small sword blade. no scabbard, grip appears wound with copper coloured wire or something (?).

Any Idea where or when this comes from? more info & better photos when it arrives... needs getting all the white polish residue cleared off...

The French commemorated some of their political and military heroes on the clavier of epees like this, but I think they all tend to look alike in profile. Given that the text is illegible in the photo, I'd say the answer will be evident as soon as you see it in the flesh.

Thanks, had a suspicion it might be French.....Couldn't think of the word -'Clavier' :D

Item arrived, sadly the lettering is very worn and illegible, sword is fine tho. It appears that theGrip scales were replaced with the wire wrapping.