4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
253
A RARE FRENCH GLAIVE FOR THE ECOLE DE MARS, CIRCA 1794
of regulation type, with broad double-edged blade (areas of light pitting), hilt comprising a pair of strong down-curved iron arms with brass bud-shaped finials, iron knuckle-guard, block-shaped brass guard cast with a Phrygian cap in low relief on each side of the langets, integral grip cast with an overlapping design of leaves and oval-section pommel, in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard with large brass mounts decorated with neoclassical designs, 53.2 cm blade
The Ecole de Mars was created on 13 Prairial An II (1 June 1794) and disbanded in September of the same year. The school was for teenaged men and organised along classical lines with three corps of 'milleries' each composed of ten 'centuries', in turn divided into ten 'decuries'. See Ariès 1975, fasc. XXIII.
Sold for £700
of regulation type, with broad double-edged blade (areas of light pitting), hilt comprising a pair of strong down-curved iron arms with brass bud-shaped finials, iron knuckle-guard, block-shaped brass guard cast with a Phrygian cap in low relief on each side of the langets, integral grip cast with an overlapping design of leaves and oval-section pommel, in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard with large brass mounts decorated with neoclassical designs, 53.2 cm blade
The Ecole de Mars was created on 13 Prairial An II (1 June 1794) and disbanded in September of the same year. The school was for teenaged men and organised along classical lines with three corps of 'milleries' each composed of ten 'centuries', in turn divided into ten 'decuries'. See Ariès 1975, fasc. XXIII.
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024, 4th Dec, 2024
Auction Location: London, UK
Including:
THE BILL TERRY COLLECTION, PART II: NON WESTERN ARCHERY
THE ROY ELVIS COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMS & ARMOUR, PART V
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES SOMERS COCKS, 3RD EARL SOMERS (1819-83), EASTNOR CASTLE, THENCE BY DESCENT
AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
THE ROBERT E. BROOKER JR. COLLECTION OF RARE ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR, PART ONE: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
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