Fernando, absolutely elegant piece, beautifully written description!!! I really like the way you add this kind of dimension and historical insight along with the great images of this sword, and I would very much agree with your estimate c.1820s.
I would note the compelling similarity to British officers 'spadroons' of c.1780s which typically had the five ball motif on the crossguard and the same symmetry as well as the neoclassic theme which prevailed in that 'fashion phenomenon' of the times.
The 'beads' and chain are also mindful of the civilian smallswords of England with cut steel and 'industrial revolution' styling, especially of Matthew Boulton c.1790s.
I like the bells as the kinds of embellishments popular in these times as well in these fashions very much favored by gentry, officers and courts. The element of 'swagger' in edged weapons was also apparant with cavalry officers of Napoleonic times who liked thier sabers to be worn low slung and drag and scrape as they walked. Ostensibly this was the purpose of the widened chape guard.
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