Estimate

7.500 - 12.000

Session 1

25 October 2023

Hammer Price

Description

Silver 950/000
Two palm friezes handles and pine cone lid pommel
Engraved armorial shield for Field Marshal André MASSENA, Prince of Essling and Duke of Rivoli
French assay warrantee mark and goldsmith's mark of Nicolas-Xavier Manant Goulain (1825-1835)

Height: 35 cm Diam.: 28 cm
2980 g

Category

Silver

Additional Information

Note:
André Massena, Prince of Essling and Duke of Rivoli was a French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of the Empire, created by Napoleon I, taking the alias "L'Enfant chéri de la Victoire" (the Dear Child of Victory).

The Emperor referred to him as "the greatest figure in my military empire". His military career was equalled by very few in European history. In addition to his battlefield successes, Massena's leadership encouraged the careers of many other officers. The majority of his contemporary Field Marshals served under his command.

Massena's name in engraved in the Arc de Triomphe. Massena is the namesake of one of the Boulevards of the Marshals that circle Paris, and there is also a bridge named after him.
The village of Massena in New York was settled by French lumbermen in the early 19th century and named in honour of the Great Field Marshal . Massena, Iowa, also in the United States and in turn named after the New York community, honours him with a portrait in Centennial Park. In Nice, his birthplace, can be found the Place Massena.