A "De Luxe" version of the 1806 Uniform Plan (as it was called) would be this example, provenant of the House of Marquis de Fronteira.The scabbard is silver, with a textile & gold knot strap and tassel. The well bent blade with traces of having been silver plated, with three fullers as from the second quarter. The hilt is in silver, with an internal riveted finger guard. The grip is ebony, with braided silver wire.
(Courtesy Paço Ducal de Vila Viçosa)
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