Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A RARE ETCHED AND GILT PARTISAN OF THE GUARD OF
THE ELECTOR JOHANN GEORG II OF SAXONY, CIRCA
1656-80
with central blade of hollow-diamond section, broad base
formed with a pair of large up-turned flat lugs and two
further smaller pairs of lugs above, etched and gilt with the
Electoral cypher ‘IG 2 C for Johann Georg II Churfürst, and
the crowned Electoral arms enclosed by laurel and palm
fronds respectively on both sides (one side delaminated),
moulded neck, tapering socket, and a pair of straps, on a
portion of an early wooden haft (the lower portion
replaced), with a silk tassel
59.2cm; 23G in head
Provenance:
The Saxon Electoral Armoury, Dresden
Johann Georg II (1613-1680) acceded to the throne of
Elector in 1657. His principal interest was in music and the
arts. Under his patronage Dresden became the musical
centre of Germany and attracted a number of foreign
musicians to the court. Another partisan from this group is
preserved in the Museum für Deutsche Geschichte, Berlin.
See H Müller and H.Kölling 1990, no.396.
£2000-2500
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