Hussar officer's sabre with a German-style hilt, complete with its belt, belonging to Lieutenant Colonel Louis-Dominique Éthis de Corny, from the Old Monarchy, AROUND 1783-1785.
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Hussar officer's saber with German hilt, complete with its belt, belonging to Lieutenant Colonel Louis-Dominique Éthis de Corny, Ancient Monarchy, CIRCA 1783-1785.
Gilt and chiseled bronze hilt. German hilt with one branch, pommel with short tail decorated with a plumed helmet on shields with a background of flag bundles. Wooden grip covered with brown waxed calf leather (leather changed at a later date). Very good condition with all of its original gilding intact.
Curved blade with a single fuller, engraved, blued, and gilded on its first third with crowns of foliage centered around a hussar on horseback charging with a banner bearing the inscription "vivat Hussar (sic)." Tang signed "Berger Fourbisseur à la tête noire à Strasbourg" (decorations slightly differ between the front and back). Length: 79.6 cm, width at the guard: 36.5 cm, spine thickness: 9 cm. Very good condition: the back retains all its gold and blue, the front preserves all its gold and some of its blue, the polished white part has some very light signs of oxidation from use.
Wooden scabbard covered in black waxed Morocco leather with four gilt chiseled brass fittings (length: 82.5 cm). Morocco leather sewn on the back edge of the scabbard in perfect condition. Chape decorated with stylized laurel wreaths and palm leaves. The two suspension ring bands are relief-stamped with coats of arms depicting a plumed helmet on shields with a background of flag trophies or a drum on drum with shields and a background of flag trophies and a trumpet. Fluted suspension rings. Gilt brass rings. Long drag bordered at the top with stylized laurel wreaths with a medallion surrounded by stylized laurel wreaths depicting a plumed helmet on two kettledrums atop a shield, all resting on a fasces and a quiver of arrows with flag trophies in the background. Gilt brass tip. The fittings are in perfect condition, retaining almost all of their original gilding.
Red leather belt, covered in red Morocco leather (width: 2.5 cm) embroidered with silver silk threads in a geometric pattern frieze. Gilt brass fittings, closure composed of two openwork buckles connected by an S-shaped hook decorated in relief with two serpents. Very good condition, the leather parts are in perfect condition (supple), the silver threads are slightly worn, the metal fittings have retained almost all of their original gilding.
Very good overall condition.
France.
Consulate - First Empire.
PROVENANCE:
A certificate dated April 1, 2014, issued by Mr. Pierre LEMAITRE "Galerie l'Astrée" in Rouen, attests to the origin of this saber as having belonged to Louis Ethis de Corny, a saber that remained in the family until the death of Charles in Fontainebleau, in early 2013. The saber was sold by one of the heirs, Mr. Hubert D....
Louis Éthis de Corny
Louis-Dominique Éthis de Corny, born in Metz on November 10, 1736, and died in Paris on November 27, 1790, was a French officer and administrator.
Biography
He was the son of a prosecutor at the Parliament of Metz, whose family originated from Forez. He was initially a lawyer and then secretary to the intendant of Franche-Comté. He corresponded with Voltaire.
He became a commissary of war and a lieutenant colonel of cavalry. While serving as a war commissary during the American War of Independence for Rochambeau's army, he accompanied Lafayette and formed friendships with Jefferson, who he regularly hosted in Paris during Jefferson's ambassadorship. In 1783, he was tasked with the commissariat of the Swiss Guards.
His second marriage (contract dated September 24, 1782) to Marguerite Victoire de Palerne, widow of André Denis Foacier de Bagneux, the receiver-general of duties in Rouen, brought him closer to the financial circles and promoted his career.
In 1785, he left the military career and purchased an office as prosecutor of the king in the city of Paris; he demonstrated warm support for the Revolution from 1789. On July 14, 1789, he took part in the storming of the Bastille by attempting mediation with the governor Launay but was overwhelmed by the attackers; Jefferson, his guest, recounted the events in his autobiography.
He took in and trained his nephew, the son of his sister, Claude-François-Étienne Dupin, in the administration. Dupin later married Danton's widow, became a prefect under the Empire, and was created a baron by Louis XVIII.
Louis Éthis de Corny was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati and a Knight of Saint-Louis. He is the ancestor to the 5th generation of Prince Gabriel de Broglie's mother.
He wrote:
• The Dangers of Giving Too Much Consideration to Frivolous Talents, 1768.
• Essay on the Illustrious Men of Plutarch, 1772.
Sold on Tuesday, April 15, at 2:30 pm in Angers, PAYS DE LOIRE AUCTIONS, Xavier CHAUVIRE, Raphaël COURANT.
Gilt and chiseled bronze hilt. German hilt with one branch, pommel with short tail decorated with a plumed helmet on shields with a background of flag bundles. Wooden grip covered with brown waxed calf leather (leather changed at a later date). Very good condition with all of its original gilding intact.
Curved blade with a single fuller, engraved, blued, and gilded on its first third with crowns of foliage centered around a hussar on horseback charging with a banner bearing the inscription "vivat Hussar (sic)." Tang signed "Berger Fourbisseur à la tête noire à Strasbourg" (decorations slightly differ between the front and back). Length: 79.6 cm, width at the guard: 36.5 cm, spine thickness: 9 cm. Very good condition: the back retains all its gold and blue, the front preserves all its gold and some of its blue, the polished white part has some very light signs of oxidation from use.
Wooden scabbard covered in black waxed Morocco leather with four gilt chiseled brass fittings (length: 82.5 cm). Morocco leather sewn on the back edge of the scabbard in perfect condition. Chape decorated with stylized laurel wreaths and palm leaves. The two suspension ring bands are relief-stamped with coats of arms depicting a plumed helmet on shields with a background of flag trophies or a drum on drum with shields and a background of flag trophies and a trumpet. Fluted suspension rings. Gilt brass rings. Long drag bordered at the top with stylized laurel wreaths with a medallion surrounded by stylized laurel wreaths depicting a plumed helmet on two kettledrums atop a shield, all resting on a fasces and a quiver of arrows with flag trophies in the background. Gilt brass tip. The fittings are in perfect condition, retaining almost all of their original gilding.
Red leather belt, covered in red Morocco leather (width: 2.5 cm) embroidered with silver silk threads in a geometric pattern frieze. Gilt brass fittings, closure composed of two openwork buckles connected by an S-shaped hook decorated in relief with two serpents. Very good condition, the leather parts are in perfect condition (supple), the silver threads are slightly worn, the metal fittings have retained almost all of their original gilding.
Very good overall condition.
France.
Consulate - First Empire.
PROVENANCE:
A certificate dated April 1, 2014, issued by Mr. Pierre LEMAITRE "Galerie l'Astrée" in Rouen, attests to the origin of this saber as having belonged to Louis Ethis de Corny, a saber that remained in the family until the death of Charles in Fontainebleau, in early 2013. The saber was sold by one of the heirs, Mr. Hubert D....
Louis Éthis de Corny
Louis-Dominique Éthis de Corny, born in Metz on November 10, 1736, and died in Paris on November 27, 1790, was a French officer and administrator.
Biography
He was the son of a prosecutor at the Parliament of Metz, whose family originated from Forez. He was initially a lawyer and then secretary to the intendant of Franche-Comté. He corresponded with Voltaire.
He became a commissary of war and a lieutenant colonel of cavalry. While serving as a war commissary during the American War of Independence for Rochambeau's army, he accompanied Lafayette and formed friendships with Jefferson, who he regularly hosted in Paris during Jefferson's ambassadorship. In 1783, he was tasked with the commissariat of the Swiss Guards.
His second marriage (contract dated September 24, 1782) to Marguerite Victoire de Palerne, widow of André Denis Foacier de Bagneux, the receiver-general of duties in Rouen, brought him closer to the financial circles and promoted his career.
In 1785, he left the military career and purchased an office as prosecutor of the king in the city of Paris; he demonstrated warm support for the Revolution from 1789. On July 14, 1789, he took part in the storming of the Bastille by attempting mediation with the governor Launay but was overwhelmed by the attackers; Jefferson, his guest, recounted the events in his autobiography.
He took in and trained his nephew, the son of his sister, Claude-François-Étienne Dupin, in the administration. Dupin later married Danton's widow, became a prefect under the Empire, and was created a baron by Louis XVIII.
Louis Éthis de Corny was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati and a Knight of Saint-Louis. He is the ancestor to the 5th generation of Prince Gabriel de Broglie's mother.
He wrote:
• The Dangers of Giving Too Much Consideration to Frivolous Talents, 1768.
• Essay on the Illustrious Men of Plutarch, 1772.
Sold on Tuesday, April 15, at 2:30 pm in Angers, PAYS DE LOIRE AUCTIONS, Xavier CHAUVIRE, Raphaël COURANT.
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