Ecuelle couverte en argent par Thomas Sergent, Paris, 1687-1688

le couvercle appliqué d'une frise de feuilles lancéolées, les oreilles ajourées, le corps et le couvercle gravés d'armoiries timbrées d'un heaume

Christie's New York, 20 octobre 1999, n° 133
SJ Phillips, Londres,
Collection privée européenne

In overall good condition. Usual dents and scratches. As said in the catalogue, arms legible on the cover but slightly erased on the body. Marks: - under one handle, maker and discharge very legible - under the other handle, maker very legible - under the cover, charge and date letter legible, maker partly legible - on the cover rim, discharge partly legible Very rare and early piece.
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Les armes sont celles de la famille de Clairambault, originaire de Seboncourt en Picardie. Cette écuelle a très probablement été réalisée pour l'illustre Pierre de Clérambault, généalogiste des ordres du Roi de 1698 à sa mort en 1740. Il était né en 1651 et mourut sans alliance. Il reconstitua en 200 volumes les généalogies de nombreuses familles françaises.