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live November 28 | 10:30 AM
Pousse-Cornet

169-1 - BLADED WEAPONS. Iron pike with a chiseled tip on both sides featuring a coat of arms beneath a count’s crown, framed by palm leaves; the ferrule is shaped like a figure’s head and a garland of foliage; with crossbars; the shaft is made of blackened wood with an iron ferrule. Total length: 227 cm, point: 29 cm, with cross-guards: 65 cm. Date: mid-18th century. BE The coat of arms belongs to Christoph von GRAFFENRIED (1661–1743), a Bernese nobleman and founder of the colony of New Bern in North Carolina. Christoph von Graffenried was officially granted the title “Baron of Bernberg” by Queen Anne of Great Britain in 1709 during his colonial venture in America. The coat of arms engraved on this pike suggests that it may have been used by troops or guards under his direct authority (for example, during his term as bailiff of Yverdon between 1702 and 1708).

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€1,000 - 1,500

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21.8%

BLADED WEAPONS. Iron pike with a chiseled tip on both sides featuring a coat of arms beneath a count’s crown, framed by palm leaves; the ferrule is shaped like a figure’s head and a garland of foliage; with crossbars; the shaft is made of blackened wood with an iron ferrule. Total length: 227 cm, point: 29 cm, with cross-guards: 65 cm. Date: mid-18th century. BE The coat of arms belongs to Christoph von GRAFFENRIED (1661–1743), a Bernese nobleman and founder of the colony of New Bern in North Carolina. Christoph von Graffenried was officially granted the title “Baron of Bernberg” by Queen Anne of Great Britain in 1709 during his colonial venture in America. The coat of arms engraved on this pike suggests that it may have been used by troops or guards under his direct authority (for example, during his term as bailiff of Yverdon between 1702 and 1708).

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18th- and 19th-Century Militaria
Saturday, November 28
10:30 AM
32, avenue Maunoury
41000 Blois, France

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Pousse-Cornet +33 2 54 78 45 58 blois@poussecornet.com
On Drouot for 8 years avec More than 210,000 lots published

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