Yes, lost wax casting. There is inevitable clean up with chasing some detail and then gilded. Wax masters to create molds. As basic as a bronze sword that was once a wood master to create the clay mold. The designs are carved into the masters. Even in the first photo, one can see the rounded edges of the high points. I'd love to see the whole sword, apparently based on an 1817. I would tend to think between the 1st and 2nd empires?
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GC
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