24th Apr, 2025 19:00
Hunting, Weapons, Militaria, Orders & Medals Auction
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UNIQUE FRENCH NAVY SWORD, DATED 1839, FROM CAPTAIN AUGUSTE LUCAS.
France, 1839.
Double-edged sword with engraved blade decorated with flags, rifles, canons, floral motifs and central partial gilt cartouche on both sides with inscription "Ecole Flottante Expedition de L' oriental, ''Auguste Lucas 1839 ". Gilt brass cross-piece, pommel and craved ivory grip.
Uniek Frans marinezwaard, gedateerd 1839, van kapitein Auguste Lucas.
Frankrijk, 1839.
Tweesnijdige geëtste kling, versierd met vlaggen, geweren, kanonnen en florale motieven, met aan beide zijden een gedeeltelijk vergulde cartouche met de inscriptie "Ecole Flottante Expedition de L'Oriental, Auguste Lucas 1839". Verguld messing pareerstang en pommel, met een gesneden ivoren handgreep.
Einzigartiges französisches Marineoffiziersschwert, datiert 1839, von Kapitän Auguste Lucas.
Frankreich, 1839.
Doppelschneidiges Schwert mit Geätzte Klinge, verziert mit Flaggen, Gewehren, Kanonen und floralen Motiven. Auf beiden Seiten eine teilweise vergoldete Kartusche mit der Inschrift "Ecole Flottante Expedition de L'Oriental, Auguste Lucas 1839". Vergoldete Messing-Parierstange und pommel, mit geschnitztem Elfenbeingriff.
Length: 77,5 cm. Blade: 60 cm.
Provenance:
Belgium Private Collection.
Attention: This lot can only be shipped within the European Union.
Note:
L 'Oriental left France at the end of September 1839. Organised by Captain Augustin Lucas (1804-?1854), it was intended as an expedition around the world lasting about two years to provide an education in maritime commerce. Daguerreotypes were taken by Louis Comte in Rio de Janeiro on 17 January and at Montevideo on 29 February 1840. The ship was wrecked at Valparaiso on 23 June 1840. The Justine, sometime under the Captaincy of Francois Lucas, younger brother of Augustin, arrived from across the Pacific to Valparaiso on 23 September. This ship left in November 1840, to arrive back to Sydney on 29 March 1841. On 13 April the Australasian Chronicle announced that the "inhabitants of Sydney will now have the opportunity of witnessing the effects of this very singular invention [of the Daguerreotype], one of the instruments having been brought to the colony by Captain Lucas, late commander of the Naval School expedition...Captain Lucas intends to dispose of the instrument at prime cost...". The description of the captain exactly fits that of Augustin Lucas from L 'Oriental rather than his younger brother Fran9ois. In this way the first photographic images were obtained in Australia
Sold for €3,000
France, 1839.
Double-edged sword with engraved blade decorated with flags, rifles, canons, floral motifs and central partial gilt cartouche on both sides with inscription "Ecole Flottante Expedition de L' oriental, ''Auguste Lucas 1839 ". Gilt brass cross-piece, pommel and craved ivory grip.
Uniek Frans marinezwaard, gedateerd 1839, van kapitein Auguste Lucas.
Frankrijk, 1839.
Tweesnijdige geëtste kling, versierd met vlaggen, geweren, kanonnen en florale motieven, met aan beide zijden een gedeeltelijk vergulde cartouche met de inscriptie "Ecole Flottante Expedition de L'Oriental, Auguste Lucas 1839". Verguld messing pareerstang en pommel, met een gesneden ivoren handgreep.
Einzigartiges französisches Marineoffiziersschwert, datiert 1839, von Kapitän Auguste Lucas.
Frankreich, 1839.
Doppelschneidiges Schwert mit Geätzte Klinge, verziert mit Flaggen, Gewehren, Kanonen und floralen Motiven. Auf beiden Seiten eine teilweise vergoldete Kartusche mit der Inschrift "Ecole Flottante Expedition de L'Oriental, Auguste Lucas 1839". Vergoldete Messing-Parierstange und pommel, mit geschnitztem Elfenbeingriff.
Length: 77,5 cm. Blade: 60 cm.
Provenance:
Belgium Private Collection.
Attention: This lot can only be shipped within the European Union.
Note:
L 'Oriental left France at the end of September 1839. Organised by Captain Augustin Lucas (1804-?1854), it was intended as an expedition around the world lasting about two years to provide an education in maritime commerce. Daguerreotypes were taken by Louis Comte in Rio de Janeiro on 17 January and at Montevideo on 29 February 1840. The ship was wrecked at Valparaiso on 23 June 1840. The Justine, sometime under the Captaincy of Francois Lucas, younger brother of Augustin, arrived from across the Pacific to Valparaiso on 23 September. This ship left in November 1840, to arrive back to Sydney on 29 March 1841. On 13 April the Australasian Chronicle announced that the "inhabitants of Sydney will now have the opportunity of witnessing the effects of this very singular invention [of the Daguerreotype], one of the instruments having been brought to the colony by Captain Lucas, late commander of the Naval School expedition...Captain Lucas intends to dispose of the instrument at prime cost...". The description of the captain exactly fits that of Augustin Lucas from L 'Oriental rather than his younger brother Fran9ois. In this way the first photographic images were obtained in Australia
Auction: Hunting, Weapons, Militaria, Orders & Medals Auction, 24th Apr, 2025
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