Rare pertuisane gravée de cérémonie pour... - Lot 239 - Pierre Bergé & Associés

Rare pertuisane gravée de cérémonie pour la garde noble polonaise du roi de Pologne Auguste II dit « Le Fort » (r. 1697- 1704, puis 1709-1733), prince-électeur de Saxe sous le nom de Frédéric-Auguste I (r. 1694-1733), Allemagne vers 1720. A rare German state partisan of the Polish Noble Guard of August II, "The Strong", King of Poland (reigned 1697-1704 and again 1709-1733), Prince Elector of Saxony, as Friedrich- August I (r. 1694-1733), circa 1720. The head with triangular wavy spike cut at the base with the Polish royal crown over a sun-in-splendour charged with a Latin cross and crossed swords device, the lower portion of the head engraved with the arms of Poland quartered with those of Lithuania and supported by a double eagle displayed, faceted moulded tubular socket extending to form a pair of long straps, and the crowned sun emblem retaining much of its original gilding, on a later wooden haft with decorative red and white tassel. H. head: 62.5 cm - H. overall: 237 cm. Provenance: The Saxon Electoral Armouries, Dresden. A small quantity of partisans carried by the Polnischen Nobelgarde (or Chevalier-garde) remains in the Dresden Historisches Museum. See HAENEL, Erich, Kostbare Waffen aus der Dresdner Rustkammer, Leipzig, 1923, p. 142, pl. 70, fig. c.