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Presumably that of Charles Bonnin de la Bonninière de Beaumont 1768 - 1836.
First First Page to Queen Marie-
Antoinette.
Mounted on an infantry officer's model, 1767, in gilt bronze and silver, with a donkey's pace à la mousquetaire. Fluted olive pommel. Flat joint arch decorated with lines, quillon in the drop-shaped extension. Fluted body knot.
Symmetrical top.
Wooden spindle with silver filigree and bishop's cap.
Straight blade with triangular cross-section by Dida, marchand fourbisseur, rue Sainte-Catherine, Bordeaux (1767 - 1819).
One-third engraved with a semi fleur-de-lis and a fleur-de-lis in an oval under a crown.
Engraved coat of arms of the Bonnin de la Bonninière de Beaumont family 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 Queen's service as First Page in 1785. It is said that the Queen took such a liking to the young man that she observed a tutoiement towards him, a rare mark of intimacy at the court of Versailles.
In 1792, during the emigration, he campaigned in the army of the Princes alongside the officers of the Queen's regiment.
Appointed Chevalier de l'ordre royal et militaire de Saint Louis during the First Restoration, and Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur in 1821.
He became Chef d'état major de la place de Paris in 1817 and commandant supér ieur de l'école militaire de Paris in 1826, before becoming a member of the Indre et Loire General Council and a deputy to the Chambre des introuvables.
His descendants include Alfred Bonnin de la Bonninière de Beaumont, who was also first page at court, that of King
Charles X.
First First Page to Queen Marie-
Antoinette.
Mounted on an infantry officer's model, 1767, in gilt bronze and silver, with a donkey's pace à la mousquetaire. Fluted olive pommel. Flat joint arch decorated with lines, quillon in the drop-shaped extension. Fluted body knot.
Symmetrical top.
Wooden spindle with silver filigree and bishop's cap.
Straight blade with triangular cross-section by Dida, marchand fourbisseur, rue Sainte-Catherine, Bordeaux (1767 - 1819).
One-third engraved with a semi fleur-de-lis and a fleur-de-lis in an oval under a crown.
Engraved coat of arms of the Bonnin de la Bonninière de Beaumont family 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 Queen's service as First Page in 1785. It is said that the Queen took such a liking to the young man that she observed a tutoiement towards him, a rare mark of intimacy at the court of Versailles.
In 1792, during the emigration, he campaigned in the army of the Princes alongside the officers of the Queen's regiment.
Appointed Chevalier de l'ordre royal et militaire de Saint Louis during the First Restoration, and Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur in 1821.
He became Chef d'état major de la place de Paris in 1817 and commandant supér ieur de l'école militaire de Paris in 1826, before becoming a member of the Indre et Loire General Council and a deputy to the Chambre des introuvables.
His descendants include Alfred Bonnin de la Bonninière de Beaumont, who was also first page at court, that of King
Charles X.