A FINE FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH SILVER-GILT HILT, PARIS CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARK FOR 1775-81, MAISON COMMUNE MARK FOR 1775 with hollow-triangular blade etched and gilt over the greater part of its surface with fleur-de-lys on two sides and with foliage, a pistol and trophies-of-arms on the other, inscribed 'De la manufacture de la Marque au Raisin fait a Solingen' at the forte, silver hilt cast and chased en rocaille in low relief, including double shell-guard with four medallions decorated with an artilleryman loading and igniting a cannon, a pair of combatants holding a wreath, and a victorious fighter, globular quillon and knuckle-guard decorated with foliage, ovoid pommel decorated en suite and with a central medallion with a drummer on the reverse and a standing warrior on the front, and solid grip with a central figurative medallion on each side, in its scabbard with silver-gilt mounts (scabbard covering replaced), decorated en suite with the hilt (middle bands missing, covering replaced), and the locket inscribed 'Devaux M. Fourbisser, Place des Trois Marie' 80.3cm; 31 5/8in blade Deveaux is recorded as a Maître Fourbisseur in Paris 1757-1818.