PAGE SPRAY Probably that of Charles Bonnin de la Bonninière de Beaumont 1768 - 1836. First First page of Queen Marie- Antoinette. Mounted on the model of an infantry officer model 1767, in gilt bronze and silver with donkey steps the musketeer. Olive pommel fluted. Flat jointing arch decorated with lines, quillon in the prolongation in the shape of a drop. Fluted body knot. Symmetrical top. Wooden spindle covered with silver filigree with bishop's caps. Straight blade with triangular section by Dida, merchant furrier, rue Sainte-Catherine in Bordeaux (1767 - 1819). Engraved on a third of the blade with a semi and a fleur-de-lys in an oval under a crown. Engraved coat of arms of the Bonnin family de la Bonninière de Beaumont Argent a fleur-de-lys gules. France, Ancien Régime period. Blade length: 81 cm - Total length: 98 cm (Oxidation, no scabbard) Charles Bonnin de la Bonninière de Beaumont (1768 - 1836) entered the service of the Queen as First Page in 1785. It is said that the Queen took such a liking affection for the young man that she to be on familiar terms with him, a rare mark of mark of intimacy at the court of Versailles. In 1792, during the emigration, he campaigned in the army of the Princes officers of the Queen's regiment. Appointed Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis during the First Restoration and Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1821. He became Chief of Staff of the Place de Paris in 1817 and Superior Commander of the Paris military academy in 1826 and then member of the Indre et Loire General Council and deputy to the Chamber of the Unfindable. His descendants include Alfred Bonnin de la Bonninière de Beaumont, who would also be first page at court, that of King Charles X.