art-of-swords:PartizansPhoto #1Attributed to Jean Berain I (1640 - 1711)Dated: circa 1670 - 1680Cult
art-of-swords:PartizansPhoto #1Attributed to Jean Berain I (1640 - 1711)Dated: circa 1670 - 1680Culture: FrenchMedium: steel, gold and velvet, etched, chiselled and gildedMeasurements: blade length 53.2 cm; straps length 7.3 cm; weight 1.92 kgInscription: ‘NEC PLVRIBVS IM·PAR’Photo #2Dated: 1719Culture: PolishMedium: steel, oak, copper alloy, gold, velvet and silk, stippled and gildedMeasurements: overall length (including socket) 62.2 cm, straps length 45.7 cm; weight 2.69 kgPhoto #3Dated: 1714Culture: FrenchMedium: steel, silver and pine, damascened and engravedMeasurements: overall length 184 cm; head length 32 cm; weight 1.3 kgPhoto #4Dated: 1620Culture: FrenchMedium: steel, gold, copper alloy, silk, velvet and cotton, blued and damascenedMeasurements: overall length 222 cm; head length 53.3 cm; weight 3.104 kgInscription: ‘L’ With collars of the Orders of St Michel and the Saint-EspritPhoto #5Designer: probably Georges BerainDated: 1662 - 1715Culture: FrenchMedium: steel, gold, silk, wood, silver, copper alloy and velvet, chiselled, blued and damascenedMeasurements: overall length 240 cm; head length 53.3 cm; weight 2.91 kgInscription: ‘NEC PLURIBUS IMPAR’ ‘Equal to anything’Photo #6Dated: 1640Culture: GermanMedium: steel, copper alloy, gold and oak, etched and gildedMeasurements: hear length 61 cm (including socket straps length 47.6 cm; weight 3.48 kgHeraldry: 3 lances, the banner charges with crosses patty; supported by cranes holding also the mitre, sword and episcopal staffInscription: ‘IN · HOC · SIGNO’Decoration: Arms (three keys, 2 and 1; supporters; two cranes, each holding a key)Inscription: '·POUR · BIEN ·’dSource: Copyright © 2016 The Wallace Collection -- source link