Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria

FRANCE
Ceremonial broadsword of Marshal Davout
Glaive de cérémonie du maréchal Davout
c. 1804
gilt bronze, mother-of-pearl, steel
Musée d’art et d’histoire, Auxerre
Eckmühl Collection
Bequest of the Marquise de Blocqueville, 1882 Eck.
FRANCE
Marshal Davout’s ceremonial cane as
Grand Officer of the Crown, adorned
with 40 bees
Canne de cérémonie de grand officier
de la couronne du maréchal Davout ornée
de 40 abeilles
c. 1804
silver-gilt, wood, velvet
Musée d’art et d’histoire, Auxerre
Eckmühl Collection
Bequest of the Marquise de Blocqueville, 1882 Eck. 876.1.1
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