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Sun 26 May

RARE REWARD SABER OF THE ITALIAN ARMY AWARDED TO SECOND LIEUTENANT GROUSELLE, 5TH REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS. Leather-covered handle with copper filigree. Brass mounting, gilded and chased. Pommel decorated with a fruit basket. Single-branch hilt with scrolled quillon (repaired at dovetail). Curved blade with flat back, hollow sides and counter-edge, with remains of gilding, engraved on one side "Armée d'Italie de l'an 4 et de l'an 5 - Sabre d'honneur" and "le général Bonaparte au nom de la République au C Grouselle Sous-lieutenant au 5e Régiment de dragons". Hook point. Leather-covered scabbard with openwork brass trimmings of four-lobed foliage scrolls and intermediate trim engraved with "La Patrie reconnaissante" "A ses défenseurs". Bowl with foliage decoration. Old "777" label. With two leather straps with chased brass fittings. The side of the scabbard signed "Pe Landi Brescia". A.B.E. Late 18th century, circa 1797. Related work: Only a few examples of the "Cent sabres pour l'armée d'Italie" are currently known. One is in the Musée de l'Armée in Paris, the other at the Musée de la Légion d'Honneur (from the Bernard Franck collection, also signed by Landi) and several in private hands. François-Antoine César GROUSELLE Born March 5, 1772, in Richemont, Aisne. Joined the 5th regiment as a dragoon on March 2 1792, and fought with great bravery in the first campaigns of the Revolution in the armies of the Nord, Ardennes, Sambre-et-Meuse and Rhine armies, from 1792 to year III. Brigadier on 28 Nivôse, An IV, he moved with his regiment to the Army of Italy, where he served with honor until the beginning of An VI. On 21 fructidor an IV, as he crossed the Brenta, near the village of Sigismone, he ran into a platoon of Austrian hussars protecting his regiment. a platoon of Austrian hussars protecting the village, sabred several of them, and having entered Sigismone, he charge on an enemy battalion occupying it, pass through it and seize several flags, which he took back to his regiment. back to his regiment. Promoted to maréchal-des-logis on 28 nivôse an V, he was promoted to maréchal-des-logis-chef on the following 15 thermidor. the following year. Sent to the Army of England in mid-Ann VI, he was part of the expedition against the Belgian insurgents in An VII. insurgents in Belgium, and marched in Year VIII against those in the West. Murat's orders, he was appointed second lieutenant on Pluviôse 13, An VIII, and received a sabre of honour on Germinal 27, An IX. In the Gironde observation corps, during years IX and X, Grouselle was promoted to lieutenant on the 9th of Prairial of the latter year, and served with the Ocean Coast Army in Year XII. When the Légion d'Honneur was created, he was classified as an ex officio member of the 2nd cohort and was Officer of the Order on Prairial 25, Year XII. Appointed captain-adjudant-major on Frimaire 20, An XIV, Grouselle retired on on July 20, 1807. He died in Joigny on January 1, 1839. History: In Udine, on 16 fructidor an V (April 28, 1797), the General-in-Chief of the Army of Italy, "wishing to bear witness of the country's gratitude to the brave soldiers who have distinguished themselves by dazzling deeds during the last two campaigns", ordered campaigns", orders: Art. 1 The General Chief of Staff (Berthier) will have ninety grenadier sabers and ten cavalry sabers made, with Damascus blades and the mount gilded and worked by the best craftsmen in Italy. Art. 2 On one side of the blade will be written in gold letters: Armée d'Italie, Division de., demi-brigade... Given, on behalf on behalf of the Executive Directory of the French Republic, by General Bonaparte to citizen... Le... année de of the Republic." On the other side of the blade will be written in gold letters: "Liberté, République française, Égalité" (Liberty, French Republic, Equality). and then the dazzling deed for which the sword was awarded... In addition, the award of this saber would result in a doubling of pay. Bonaparte's order also stipulated that any soldier who felt he or she deserved the award should submit a request to the board of directors of his Corps. The latter, after investigation, was to forward it to the Commander with its observations, so that the final list could be drawn up by the Commander-in-Chief for the 1st vendémiaire (September 22, 1797). [...] Complete file to be found in the catalog.

Estim. 15 000 - 20 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

GIVEN BY THE DIRECTOIRE EXECUTIF TO GENERAL DE BRIGADE KELLERMANN. Large General Kellermann flintlock pistol case, oak, with folding brass carrying handle on top. Escutcheon keyhole, steel key. Inside sheathed in green felt. Contains: A pair of long, slender pistols, with fluted, hair-rifled barrels, blunderbusses at the muzzles, decorated with gold edging, signed, on the left, "Boutet Directeur Artiste"; on the right, "Manufacture à Versailles"; and, on the top, "Le Directoire Exécutif au Général de brigade Kellerman", decorated with gold thunderbolts and hallmarked "JBL", "NB" and gold cobwebs. Breech tails engraved with flowers. Guilloche screws. Plaines signed "Boutet Directeur Artiste" on one and "Manufacture à Versailles" on the other, and flat-bodied swan-neck hammers, finely engraved with foliage. Iron basins with large spark arrestors. Roller springs. Adjustable triggers. Cut-out steel fittings, finely engraved with foliage, shields, vases and flowers. Rosette counterplates with serrated friezes. Selected walnut mounts. Long shaft crosses, finely carved and squared. Engraved oval knobs, decorated en suite. Wooden sticks with bone tips. Iron and brass pastilles. Length: 44.6 cm. B.E. Directoire period (1795-1799). (Barrels reblued, restored crack on one of the barrels). -And its accessories: steel bullet mould with flat head and jet cutter, clear horn powder flask with brass beak, mallet, cleaning rod and two boxwood tamping rods with accessories, screwdriver, steel unloading rods. (Traces of moth notably in the lid). Size of case: 53 x 31 x 9.5 cm high. A.B.E. Provenance : Marsan Collection, Toulouse (Chassaing-Rivet-Fournié), June 12, 1994, n°27.

Estim. 35 000 - 45 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

FLINTLOCK PISTOL CASSETTE, IN WOOD, COVERED WITH GREEN MOROCCO, DECORATED WITH A FRIEZE OF FOLIAGE AND FOUR PHRYGIAN BONNETS IN THE CORNERS. FOLDING BRASS HANDLE. FOUR-POINT LOCK. WITH KEY. Contains: -a fine pair of officer's flintlock pistols. Blued and decorated in gold with foliage, trophies of arms, garlands and bouquets, silver barley grains on a radiant gold background, hallmarked with thunders. Plates engraved "Bodin à Paris", chased with cornucopia tails with fruit and flat-bodied swan-necked dogs. Oval basins with large spark guards. Adjustable triggers. Cut, engraved and chased steel fittings. Flamed urn trigger guard fronts. Long, plain trigger guard tails. Oval knobs adorned with oval medallions, engraved with roosters, snakes and laurel. Finely selected walnut mounts. Waxed walnut stocks with long shafts partly carved with foliage, reeds, knots, trophies of arms and branches of foliage carved at the bottom. The backs of the stocks are carved with a pearl fillet linking to the base of medallions carved with the number "B", surrounded by foliage and horns of plenty. Chopsticks with horn and brass tips. B.E. in its original 70% blue and gold (minor wear, a small crack on the front of each of the barrels, the interior of the scarlet velvet case is old but later). Length: 37 cm. Barrel diameter: 14 mm. Case: 44 x 17 x Ht 6 cm. Bodin Paris, circa 1795-1798. Provenance : -Family of General Henri Gatien BERTRAND. -Robert Jean CHARLES Collection, Hôtel Drouot (Ader-Tajan), May 13, 1993, 1st sale, no. 53. -Jean Louis Noisiez Collection Historical background: These pistols were presented as having traditionally belonged to General Napoleon Bonaparte, whose number appears at the bottom of the grips.

Estim. 25 000 - 35 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

BOUTET A VERSAILLES. Beautiful pair of present flintlock pistols, presented by the First Consul Bonaparte to General Duhesme. Ribbon barrels, damascus, blued, with hairline stripes, engraved "Manufacture à Versailles Boutet Directeur Artiste", decorated in gold with gilded friezes at the muzzles and adjustable sights, decorated with diamonds, garlands of flowers and florets on a gold background, hallmarked with four "LNB" hallmarks and two Boutet bars. Breechblocks numbered "1" and "2", finely engraved with hunting trophies and deer heads. Lock plates signed "Boutet à Versailles" and swan-neck hammers finely engraved with foliage and lozenges, adorned with hound heads. Oval basins with large sparkle guard. Steel fittings. Finger rests engraved with figures. Fronts of trigger guards with floral urns, shells and foliage. Beautiful short-barrel stocks, in selected walnut, with wickerwork checkering, carved with shells, flowers and spider webs, with carved ebony pommels en suite, enriched with engraved, chased fittings. The backs of the stocks originally bear a large silver plate, cut out, fastened by fifteen small nails and engraved: "Le 1er Consul lors de son voyage à Lion en l'an 11, au Gl Divre Duhesme". A.B.E. Traces of oxidation, notably on the barrels. A copy of the business card and a certificate of sale of these pistols by Comte Duhesme (1983) will be attached. Historical background: An 1842 biography of Duhesme states: "Called to command the 19th military division in 1802, he settled in Lyon, which was its capital. In 1803, the First Consul awarded him a pair of pistols from the Versailles factory. The Lyon bulletin of 10 Brumaire An XII states: "General Duhesme, commander of the 19th military division, has just received a pair of pistols from the Versailles factory, with this inscription engraved on them: Le Premier Consul au général de division Duhesme, lors de son, voyage à Lyon". Related work : -Box of pistols given to General Duhesme by the Directoire (Musée de l'Armée collection) It would appear that the general also received full "armor" at this time.

Estim. 10 000 - 15 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

BEAUTIFUL PRESENT SABER GIVEN BY GENERAL DE DIVISION MERLE (1766-1830), TO CAPTAIN ADJUDANT DE PLACE GUISSE. Finely checkered ebony handle. Chased, gilded brass mounting. Short-skirted lion's head cap, ending in fish scales and palmettes. Guard with two inverted quillons with flower-shaped ends and two oval Bellone-headed auricles on a radiating background. Superb curved blade with round back, counter-edge and gutter running the length of the back, marked "Coulaux Frères" on the heel, engraved, gilded and one-third blued, with laurel wreath, flowers and foliage on one side, crowned eagle in cartouche, military attributes, lictor beam, flags, trumpets, axes, cannons, shield decorated with eye and cannonballs; on the other side, a helmet emblazoned with a crowned eagle on a laurel wreath and in a cartouche inscribed "Don fait par Monsieur le Général de Division Merle Gouverneur de Braunau à Monsieur Guisse" and military attributes, spears, ensigns, lictor beam, breastplate, snake-decorated shield, sword, cannon, cannonballs, marked on the heel "Manufacture de Klingenthal", "Coulaux frères"; all on a gold background. Blued iron scabbard, patinated, with four brass fittings, cut out, gilded, with repoussé decoration in ovals, of military attributes, bundle of flags, empanelled helmet, laurel branches, cannon, shield, powder keg, cannonballs, timbales, quivers, flowered urns, geometric motifs and foliage. Iron sting. Fruit and foliage ring pitons, two gilded iron rings. B.E. First Empire period (restored crack to ebony handle on back). Accompanied by a six-page handwritten letter to the Ministry of War. "French Republic", dated "March 7, 1932", relating the service record of Jean Louis Guisse. Signed by Commandant Lasseray of the Army Staff.... quoting Merle's opinion of December 10, 1807..." I, the undersigned, certify that Mr. Guisse, Captain Adjutant of the place, has for fifteen months been employed under my orders in the fortress of Braunau, served with as much zeal as intelligence, and paying homage to the truth, I must say that the activity of this soldier has begged for a staff officer who would have been indispensable for the surveillance required by the war service of this place, if Captain Guisse had not devoted himself day and night to fulfilling his arduous duties. In addition to his wound (shrapnel in the right leg), he was shot in the left cheek on the day he was taken prisoner by the Prussians. He was shot again in the leg......... ". Historical background: Napoleon attached great importance to the possession of Braunau, "which can be considered one of the finest acquisitions of the army". He added in his correspondence: "I am delighted with the capture of Braunau, it is one of the keys to Austria". To lead this key position, he chose an energetic and prudent commander, General Merle. As soon as he was appointed governor of Braunau, General Merle had to complete his staff. Guisse played a major role in this organization, as an 1807 notice states that "general" Guisse, "commander of the Braunau position", had left the position on August 8, 1807, for Paris. BRAUNAU-BROUMOU BRÜNN-BRNO, Czechoslovak town in southern Moravia, 148 km northeast of Prague.

Estim. 12 000 - 15 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

EXCEPTIONAL NATIONAL AWARD SABER PRESENTED BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARD TO GENERAL LEFEBVRE TO GENERAL LEFEBVRE. Work by Boutet, artistic director of the Manufacture de Versailles. Gilt bronze mounting, engraved and chased. Round-backed ebony handle with fine checkering. Short-skirted lion's head pommel chased with feathers and scales. Single-branch hilt decorated with oak leaves and acorns, cruise with two chased auricles in a row around the edge, straight quillon ending in a lion's head. Curved, flat-backed blade, signed "Klingenthal" on the heel, with counter-edge and hollow sides, engraved, blued and gilded in thirds with trophies of arms and music, foliage and crown. Scabbard with two hollows, lined with blackened chagrin, with two rings and two large fittings connected by two reinforcing rods. Mantle with line decoration, shell and oak leaf, engraved on the front "Le Directoire Exécutif au Général Lefevre", underlined by a stripe of hearts; on the back, "Manufacture de Versailles Boutet Directeur Artiste". Long bouterolle decorated with a "rais-de -cœur" bracelet, oval medallions with palms and foliage, stylized foliage at the base and crosses. Iron sting. B.E. Directoire period (minor traces of use, missing ring and piton). Provenance: -This saber is said to have been given by Marshal LEFEBVRE to his friend Marshal PÉRIGNON, who passed it on to his daughter Marie-Agnès-Irma, married to Viscount Jacques-Marie CAVAIGNAC de BARAGNE; it comes from his descendants. Related work : Sabre de récompense nationale given by the Executive Directory to General Vandamme. Musée de l'Armée collections. Reproduced in the Bottet. Note: Two sabers of this type are reproduced in Captain BOTTET's book on the Versailles Manufactory, published in 1903: -N°VII, an unattributed model from the BOTTET collection. -N°VIII, that of General VANDAMME, Musée de l'Armée collection.

Estim. 30 000 - 40 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

SABRE AND BREVET D'HONNEUR OF JEAN-BAPTISTE POUSSIN CONSULATE-ERA INFANTRY OFFICER WITH THE 57TH DEMI-BRIGADE. Silver mounting. Basane-covered handle with double filigree. Oval cap with short cut-out skirt, engraved with spider webs. Hilt with one hollowed-out branch, coiled hook, two engraved half-ears. Long curved quillon towards the tip, ending in a palmette stamped "D-BY", cock 1 and large guarantee (1798-1809). Curved blade with flat back, counter-edge, gutter and hollow sides, counter-polished heel. Iron scabbard and bowl, engraved on the upper part "Le Premier Consul au Cen Poussin sous-lieutenant à la 57è demi-brigade d'infanterie pour action d'éclat"; on the back, "Mfture à Versailles Entpise Boutet"; with two wide silver bracelets engraved with trophies of arms and military trophies on both sides and two iron rings. Iron sting. Overall length: 87.3 cm. Blade length: 73.9 cm. And his brevet d'honneur on parchment, partly printed, with a fine vignette: "le Citoyen Poussin Jean Baptiste sous lieutenant à la 57ème demi brigade, Bonaparte Premier Consul de la République d'après le compte qui lui a été rendu de la conduite à l'affaire qui eut lieu à la prise de Loire en Grison; le 16 ventôse an 7, cet officier, à la tête de six grenadiers s'separa d'une pièce de canon défendue par vingt-deux autrichiens qu'il fait prisonnier de guerre. On 19 Floréal Year 8 at Biberach, he was wounded by a shot to the right thigh and would not abandon his post until the battle was won... awards him, as a national prize, a saber of honor...". Dry stamp. Signatures of Berthier Minister of War, Secretary of State Hugues de Maret and First Consul Bonaparte. A.B.E. Consulate period. Provenance : -Dinan auction house 2006, then specialized dealer. -Jean Louis Noisiez Collection. Jean-Baptiste Poussin Born on November 6, 1771, in Vendôme (Loir-et-Cher), he entered the service on September 30, 1791 as sergeant-major in the 1st Loiret-Cher battalion, which became the 83rd-57th demi-brigades and 57th regiment of line infantry. In 1792 and 1793, he took part in operations in the northern and Ardennes armies, was commissioned second lieutenant on 10 Vendémiaire, An II, and fought in the wars of An II to An IV in the armies of Italy, England, Helvetia and the Rhine. On 16 ventôse an VII, at the capture of Coire, with 6 grenadiers of the 57, he seized a cannon defended by 22 Austrians, whom he made lay down their arms and take prisoner. At the battle of Biberach, on the 19th of Floréal, An VIII, although severely wounded by a shot to the left thigh at the start of the action, he refused to withdraw from the battlefield and fought with the same energy until victory was declared. On 10 Vendémiaire An XI, the First Consul awarded him a sabre of honour. Employed in the ocean coast army during years XII and XIII, he was promoted to lieutenant on vendémiaire 12, year XII, and made an officer of the Légion d'Honneur on the following prairial 25. Transferred with his rank to the foot grenadiers of the imperial guard on fructidor 12, year XIII, it was in this capacity that he fought in the wars of the great army in Austria, Prussia and Poland from year XIV to 1807. Appointed captain in the 5th regiment of infantry legere on April 3, 1806, he again took part in the 1809 campaign in Germany, under the orders of Marshal Masséna, where he displayed the most brilliant valor. He returned home on October 11, 1809, and became elector of Bouches-du-Rhône.

Estim. 25 000 - 35 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

RARE PAIR OF FLINTLOCK COMBAT PISTOLS ATTRIBUTED TO MARECHAL NEY, PRINCE OF MOSKOWA. Blued, hair-striped barrels with slightly blunderbusses at the muzzles, decorated with a gold fillet at the muzzles and thunderbolts, signed "Ringeissen a Paris" by gold inlay on the upper side; They bear three "L.C." (canonnier Leclerc) thunderheads. (canonnier Leclerc), and a gold inscription around the muzzles reading "Prenez Garde de m'approcher" ("Beware of approaching me"). Under the barrels, a gold inscription "Maréchal N" (NEY), (the only Marshal of the Empire whose name begins with an N). Locking pins signed "Ringeisen à Paris" and flat-bodied swan-neck hammers. Adjustable trigger tails. Plain cut silver fittings (hallmark illegible). Handsome steel pommels, cut oval in the center, framing the Imperial Eagle crowned in chased silver. Partly carved and finely squared walnut crossbars with long shafts (minor dents). Chopsticks with horn tips. Overall length: 370 mm. Barrel length: 217 mm. Caliber 18 mm. Good condition. Circa 1805-1810. Provenance: "This pair of pistols once belonged to Monsieur Saint-Aubin, one of the greatest Parisian antique dealers of the interwar period, specializing in antique weapons and historical memorabilia, who kept only this pair of pistols in his personal collection, given their quality and prestigious provenance; Mr. Saint Aubin's daughter then sold this pair of pistols to a major French collector, who subsequently entrusted them to me for sale. At the time of this transaction, I contacted Madame Denyse Saint Aubin, who drew up and signed an attestation in my name on December 19, 1993. They were then sold in 1993 to a major Belgian collector of First Empire and historical memorabilia, and later to the Noisiez collection. Jean-Claude Dey Ringeisen (Rengessen): Armurier à Paris, 1795-1810. "Seen on a pair of Empire-style officer's pistols, 8-panel cap with silver imperial eagle, marked on the barrels with Leclerc hallmarks". "Le Qui est qui de l'arme en France" by J.J. Buigné and P. Jarlier. Éditions du Portail, 2001.

Estim. 10 000 - 15 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

ASTONISHING LUXURY CAVALRY OFFICER'S SABER "A LA CHASSEUR", POSSIBLY BELONGING TO MARECHAL NEY (1769-1815). Triple filigree stingray handle. Chased, engraved and gilded bronze mount. Oval pommel decorated with the face of Hercules with a short skirt chased with foliage and a flower. Guard with three branches and two shuttle-shaped auricles, finely chased with laurel branches and superimposed leaf branches. Ears with en suite decoration, enriched with a flower as on the main branch. Quillons in the shape of a fantastic animal head curved towards the tip. Curved damascus blade with flat back, counter-edge and hollow sides, embellished at the heel with a poliglazed cartouche inlaid with gilded letters and signs. Black chagrin-covered sheet-iron scabbard, with metal stitching on the oriental-style face, two laurel-chased bracelets and two brass rings. Bouterolle chased with stylized mistletoe. Iron sting. B.E. (accidents and missing basane on the scabbard). Late Empire - 1st Restoration. History: The statue of the Marshal on the Place de l'Observatoire in Paris was made by sculptor François RUDE, in 1852/1853. He is depicted during the 1815 campaign, wearing the saber shown here. This saber was probably given to the sculptor by the marshal's son, for a more realistic execution of the statue. Its workmanship is similar to that of BOUTET's arms from the Versailles factory. A saber of the same model, in the Musée de l'Armée, but with a different scabbard, is shown here as having belonged to the general commanding one of the four regiments of the Guards of Honor (Legacy LEPEL-COINTET). The saber shown here has a very unusual scabbard, as no other saber is known to be fitted with metal-stitched leather on a steel scabbard. Reference: It should be noted that this model would have been used by the horse-lighters of the King's Household during the First Restoration. M.Pétard, "Des sabres et des épées", volume 2, figurine 207 S.

Estim. 4 000 - 6 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

CONSULAR GUARD HORSE GRENADIER SABER. Curious saber in the style and pattern of those of the Consuls' Guard. Wooden handle covered in stingray with double filigree. Rich bronze mount, engraved, chased and gilded. Short-tailed cap chased in high relief, surmounted by a lion's head encircled by an eight-sided ring featuring seven stars, skirt adorned with flowers and a palm leaf. Five-branch bronze shell guard, featuring a central spider web decorated with an "N" medallion in a laurel wreath, surmounted by an eagle surrounded by oak and laurel branches. The four arms extending from the main branch are decorated with rooster heads and terminate in leafy rosettes. Quillon with eagle head, beak towards the tip. Round-backed curved blade, engraved "Manufacture de Klingenthal Coulaux frères", with counter-edge and gutters, engraved in thirds with attributes and trophies of arms surmounted by the eagle, lictor beam and foliate scrolls, marked in the damascus "Général Duroc" on both sides. Stingray-covered wooden scabbard with three brass fittings, chased and gilded in the style and taste of the Consuls' Guard sabers, decorated with trophies, geometric patterns, flowers, water leaves, interlacing, rosettes, Liberty cap and lion's paw. Iron sting. The chappe has a notch made to draw the blade out more securely in the oriental style with curved blade. The scabbard bears a penciled label "Sabre du Gl Duroc Collection Bernard Franck n°225 SH". A.B.E. First Empire period (the handle is later, and the scabbard is of the same model and period as the saber). Provenance : -Bernard Franck Collection, 5th sale, n°178. -Charles Marchal Collection, -Milliat Collection. -Courtois Collection. -Jean Louis Noisiez Collection.

Estim. 20 000 - 30 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

BOUTET ET FILS A VERSAILLES General officer's flintlock pistol case In varnished mahogany, with flanged edges, ivory escutcheon in the shape of a shield, lined inside with green cloth. Contains: A long pair of luxury model flintlock pistols for general officers. The barrels are hair-rifled, fluted, slightly truncated towards the muzzles, with a sandblasted, amatized base, entirely decorated with a semi of gold stars and gold fillets. Thunderbolts punched on a gold background from left to right "L. C", crowned eagle and "L.C" (Leclerc Jean canonnier). Underneath on the three sides are the three "BOUTET" bars, and stamped on the left sides "347". Finely engraved, cut-out breech tails. Flat-body locks signed at the battery spring "BOUTET Fils à Versailles". Flat-bodied dogs finely engraved with dragons and ducks, and scrolls on the jaws and bassinets. Spark arrestor bassinets lined with gold leaf. Adjustable triggers. Sumptuous chased silver fittings in high relief, decorated on the pommels with palmettes, foliage and spider webs on a sand-blasted background; on the bridges with the remains of the Nemean lion and Hercules' club, and the fronts of the bridges chased with an antique-style cuirass, a lictor beam, a winged laurel wreath and flags. Baguette entrances: shields crossed by swords, wreaths of flowers, fruit and foliage. Pan-shaped baguette loops. Platinum brackets with foliage and palmettes. Long-barreled walnut crosses, some finely chequered, with oval silver thumb pieces. Wooden sticks with silver tips and tamping. And accessories: Red morocco-sheathed powder flask with gilded fillets and silver cap, screwdriver, mallet, hammer, tamping and metering rods, bullet mould, jet cutter engraved "347", cleaning rod, oil dispenser, light-stop pin, tamping tool. And key. Marks 1798/1809, title mark: 950 department, large guarantee mark: 88 department, old man's head, goldsmith's mark: "NB" by Nicolas Noël Boutet. B.E. (Case sheathing restored.). Manufactured at the end of the First Empire. Flintlock, original, untransformed. Length of pistols: 41 cm. Case: 53.5 x 34 x 10 cm. Provenance : -Descendants of Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats (Great Britain 1757-1834). A fragment of a label formerly affixed to the box is attached. -English sale in the early 2000s. -Jean Louis Noisiez Collection.

Estim. 40 000 - 60 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

LEPAGE, EMPEROR'S HARQUEBUSIER Officer's pistol case in light walnut sheathed in green and red morocco, decorated with gold on the iron, with one compartment. It contains : A rare pair of percussion pistols with mercury fulminate pellets. Damascus rifled barrels, signed in gold "LEPAGE à PARIS ARQer DE L'EMPEREUR". Lock plates signed in a gold oval "LE PAGE" within a laurel wreath and flat-bodied hammers engraved with foliate scrolls. Adjustable screw triggers. Finger rests engraved with urns and line-decorated. Iron caps engraved with a laurel wreath, rimmed with ebony carved with foliage. Squared crossbars (one crack in the squaring) and short shafts in fine marbled walnut. Gun length: 36.5 cm With accessories: mallet, oiler, measuring cup, bullet mold, powder flask, screwdriver, fulminate capsule dispenser, cleaning rod, and tamping rod. With key. Dated and numbered in the locks, under the barrels and on the breech plugs "A 1812" and "N°64". Our set is of particularly early manufacture. Good condition (minor wear to the case). First Empire period (1812). Historical background: The invention of Scottish clergyman Alexander John FORSYTH (1768-1843), fed up with the slowness of flintlock shotguns on his hunts, was to revolutionize the world of firearms. By using the detonating properties of mercury fulminate (known to chemists since the 17th century) in place of black powder and creating a complex system of mercury fulminate pill reservoirs which, combined with a shutter hammer, enabled detonation to be transmitted into the barrel light, around 1808. At the same time, Jean Le Page, Emperor Napoleon I's harquebusier, also developed a similar lock using the properties of mercury fulminate from 1810 onwards, and began producing boxed pistols (like ours) and rifles. The system was quickly copied in Europe (mainly for hunting guns, as it was faster but less robust than flintlock), but only for a short time, until 1820.

Estim. 15 000 - 20 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

FROM THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON III. Large varnished blackened wood box, decorated on the lid, in the corners with four imperial bee motifs and in the center with the number "N" under an imperial crown, in chased and gilded bronze in half-round. Sheathed in shaped green felt, with one storage compartment. It contains : -A pair of dueling percussion pistols. Rifled, damascus, bronzed barrels, signed on the upper sides "Fni GASTINNE RENETTE A PARIS". Breechblocks and barrels numbered "1" and "2". Front plates and hammers engraved with foliage scrolls. Finger rests and gray tempered caps engraved with foliage. Blued trigger tails. Carved walnut stocks adorned with gold thumb pieces engraved with the numeral "N" under an imperial crown. Length: 39 cm. And accessories: Mallet, screwdriver, jet-cut bullet mold, lead ladle, chimney cleaner, nickel-plated powder flask, oiler, turned ebony capsule box, cleaning and tamping rods. Box: 49 x 30 x Ht 8 cm. With its lyre-shaped key (missing lockset). B.E. Circa 1850-1860. Provenance : - Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie. - Collections of Empress Eugénie (Farnborough 134-135) - Collections of "Prince Napoléon", Napoléon Jérôme (1822-1891) - Donated by him to Admiral Baron de La Roncière le Nourry (1813-1891). - Reintegrated into the imperial collections under number 4062. - "Importante collection d'armes et souvenirs historiques", Drouot Rive gauche (Maître Cornette de Saint Cyr), June 16, 1977, with other imperial family memorabilia. - Jean Louis Noisiez Collection.

Estim. 8 000 - 12 000 EUR

Sun 26 May

SUPERB COFFRET NECESSAIRE CONTAINING AN EMPEROR NAPOLEON III HUNTING RIFLE, MADE BY CARON IN PARIS Varnished ebony veneered wood case with "Boule" marquetry decoration of cut and engraved brass plates, in the center an escutcheon with an "N" supported by two dogs and surmounted by an eagle with outstretched wings. Around the rim, foliate scrolls adorned with dogs, deer, wild boar, hares and birds. Sheathed in midnight-blue velvet, marked in gold on the lid "CARON Armurier de S.M L'EMPEREUR , 20, Passage de l'Opéra" surmounted by the Imperial Coat of Arms. It contains : A pinfire shotgun, two shots, 14 gauge. Round barrels, in table, ribbon, damascus, with thunderbolts, chased on the muzzles and thunderbolts of foliage and flowers. Signed on the band "CARON ARQer DE S.M. L'EMPEREUR A PARIS" under the barrels, hallmarks on gold background "L.D." under the crown and "Léopold BERNARD - N° 7768, date 1859." Bascule à clef sous le devant, système " LEFAUCHEUX " et platines arrières signées " CARON à PARIS ", finement gravées d'animaux, chiens, cerfs, biches et volatiles ciselé de rinceaux feuillagés et fleurs. The inside of the rocker bears the number "460" and the hallmark "A. CARON Chased trigger guard decorated in gold with an "N" under an imperial crown. Large butt plate returning to the stock in inlaid, cut and chased iron with animals, foliage and flowers. Under the stock, at the rear of the trigger guard, is a silver coin with a rocaille surround, in high relief, engraved with the number "1". Light walnut stock with fine diamond pattern checkering, carved with foliage. Barrel length: 75 cm. Overall length: 115 cm. And accessories: Brass cartridge cutter with ebony handle that unscrews at the rear, ebony bourroir, ebony-handled screwdriver, brass powder pod, ebony shaper, iron, ebony and brass case extraction hook, green chagrin-covered tan leather shoulder strap, two-part ebony cleaning rod, brass fittings with two swabs. This case contains five compartments with lids featuring button-type grips for accessory storage, and the rifle is protected by a blue moire cushion with two flower ribbon grips. Case: 85 x 23 x Ht 8 cm. Key missing. T.B.E. Second Empire period (1859) Provenance : -Jean Louis Noisiez Collection

Estim. 10 000 - 15 000 EUR

Mon 27 May

Alphonse Debain (active in Paris between 1883 and 1911) Household set of 170 pieces in 950-thousandth silver. Floral and acanthus-leaf pattern, including : 24 table forks; 12 table spoons; 12 entremets cutlery; 12 table knives with forged silver handles and stainless steel blades; 12 cheese knives with forged silver handles and stainless steel blades; 12 fruit knives with forged silver handles and silver blades; 12 ice cream spoons; 12 fish cutlery; 12 oyster spoons; 8 coffee spoons; 12 knife-holders; a salad server; a fish server; an ice-cream scoop; a pie scoop; two dusters; sugar tongs; two sauce spoons; two vegetable spoons; a meat set with forged silver handles, steel blades and teeth; a ladle; asparagus tongs with forged silver and metal handles; and a ladle. Mercury hallmark. Goldsmith's hallmark: "AD et flamant", for Alphonse Debain, hallmark inscribed in 1883. Weight of silver pieces 8.105 g. Total gross weight 9.765 g. In a two-leaf oak case with five drawers. Height 33 Width 48 Depth 40 cm (key missing). Joint: Puiforcat. 10 silver mocha spoons, shell, knot and acanthus leaf design. Mercury hallmark, 1st title. Goldsmith: "EP au canif". Weight 125 g. Alphonse Debain, ca. 1900. A 170-piece set of sterling silver cutlery. In its wooden storage canteen. "Son and grandson of Parisian silversmiths established since 1847 on rue du Temple, Alphonse Debain had his hallmark registered in 1883 and moved to 79 rue du Temple, where he succeeded Philippe Berthier, who specialized in small table and religious silverware. He presented his first creations at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle, winning a gold medal for his flatware and a toilet service." in Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR
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