Lot no. 2
PRESUMED SEAL OF ARMAND
CHARLES, COUNT GUILLEMINOT
(1774 - 1840)
Wrought iron seal matrix, the oval field
engraved with a large coat of arms
under a mantle of duke and peer, the shield
"Quarterly 1 Purpure a chevron
Or, between three roses Argent,
on the 2nd Vert a sun Or,
3 Azure a fountain (?)
and on the 4th Gules a cock Argent holding
a sword of the same colour. Under a ducal crown
ducal mantle of peer of France ;
large collar of an unidentified order:
phylactery with motto
"All for honour".
19th century.
Field height: 2.5 cm - Field width: 2.1 cm
(Handle missing, oxidation, minor knocks)
Armand Charles Guilleminot (1774 - 1940)
was a French general of the Revolution
and Empire, peer of France and ambassador
during the Restoration.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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