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An Empire gold, lapis-lazuli and enameled presentation sword by Nicolas-Noël Boutet (1761-1833), Versailles, circa 1810
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
the hilt applied on one side with winged horses, centaurs and cupids, with the muse Clio and a rooster and the muse Erato with a lyre, on the reverse with scrolling folliage on an amati background, the handle in green and gold enamel with geometric motives, the figure of Hercules and a muse, the pommel applied with figures of Athena and Alexander, with a white shagreen scabbard with a grip ring, signed ‘Manufre à Versailles entrep se Boutet’; with a red leather case with green velvet interior; (blade blocked in the scabbard)
Length. 40 1/2 in ; Long. 103 cm
Gift from Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Prince of Neuchâtel and Valangin, Prince of Wagram (1753-1815) to his father-in-law Duke Wilhem in Bavaria (1752-1837), cousin of King Maximilian I of Bavaria;
By descent in the family.
Annuaire des travaux de la manufacture de Versailles de l'an VIII à 1818 (musée de l'Armée), p. 13.
Ex. cat., Napoleon und Bayern, Neues schloss Ingolstadt, 30 April -31 October 2015, Ingolsdat, pp. 303-304, n° and ill. 260.
RELATED LITERATURE
Ex. cat., Musée Lambinet-Versailles, La Manufacture d'armes de Versailles et Nicolas Nöel Boutet, November 1993 - March 1994.
Napoleon und Bayern, Neues schloss Ingolstadt, 30 April - 31 October 2015.
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