19Th C French Coulaux Sword Cane

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19Th C French Coulaux Sword Cane

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Sold Date: 06/12/2007
Channel: Retail
Source: GoAntiques
Category: Textiles, Clothing & Accessories

Featured here is a 19TH Century Sword Cane made by the Klingenthal Company of France by the Coulaux Brothers. The ebony painted wood handle shows a Sword that fits inside the dark wood Shaft of the Cane. A long metal Ferrule is shown on the end of the Cane. The Sword is impressed on the front with: COULAUX and the Letters "R" with a stylized Script "L" and the letter "C". There is a symbol above and below these areas. The backside of the Sword blade is impressed with the word "KLINGENTHAL" whom is the Maker of this Sword. The blade shows lots of aged Patina and some very very slight surface rust and needs to be cleaned. The thick dark wood Shaft and Ferrule shows a nice aged patina and usual nicks and mars to the surface as one would expect to find from an early Walking Cane. The end tip of the Cane shows a large Screw to protect the wood end of the cane and it also shows a nice aged patina. There is slight wear to the painted finish of the bulbous wood handle from obvious use. Here is what I could find about the KLINGENTHAL Company: History of Klingenthal At the beginning of the 18th century, king Louis XV decided to create a state-controlled sword manufacturing company in order to limit the imports of Solingen blades to France. In 1733, the Manufacture d'Armes Blanches d' Alsace commenced operation with the help of 25 skilled workers from Solingen, Germany. The Alsace province, in East of France, was chosen for the availability of iron mines, forges and woods for charcoal, but also because the local language was similar to German. In 1768, accommodation for the Director and his staff (artillery officers) was built in a place called Klingenthal (Klingen=blades, thal= valley), the factory became Manufacture de Klingenthal . Under this name, thousands of blades were produced until the end of the 19th century.