Signed “Boutet Directeur Artiste Manufacture à Versailles” (Boutet Director Artist Manufactory at Versailles), this glaive is ornamented with lions' heads, trophies of arms and antique-style medallions.
The First Consul’s Glaive and detail of the scabbard
Artist(s) : BOUTET Nicolas Noël
- Date :
- 1800
- Technique :
- gold, gilt silver, steel, ivory, nacre, enamel
- Place held :
- Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison et Bois-Préau
- Photo credit :
- Fondation Napoléon, M.P. Moinet