Attributed to Jean Berain I (1640 - 1711)
Medium: steel, gold and velvet, etched, chiselled and gilded
Measurements: blade length 53.2 cm; straps length 7.3 cm; weight 1.92 kg
Inscription: ‘NEC PLVRIBVS IM·PAR’
Medium: steel, oak, copper alloy, gold, velvet and silk, stippled and gilded
Measurements: overall length (including socket) 62.2 cm, straps length 45.7 cm; weight 2.69 kg
Medium: steel, silver and pine, damascened and engraved
Measurements: overall length 184 cm; head length 32 cm; weight 1.3 kg
Medium: steel, gold, copper alloy, silk, velvet and cotton, blued and damascened
Measurements: overall length 222 cm; head length 53.3 cm; weight 3.104 kg
Inscription: ‘L’ With collars of the Orders of St Michel and the Saint-Esprit
Designer: probably Georges Berain
Medium: steel, gold, silk, wood, silver, copper alloy and velvet, chiselled, blued and damascened
Measurements: overall length 240 cm; head length 53.3 cm; weight 2.91 kg
Inscription: 'NEC PLURIBUS IMPAR’ 'Equal to anything’
Medium: steel, copper alloy, gold and oak, etched and gilded
Measurements: hear length 61 cm (including socket); straps length 47.6 cm; weight 3.48 kg
Heraldry: 3 lances, the banner charges with crosses patty; supported by cranes holding also the mitre, sword and episcopal staff
Inscription: 'IN · HOC · SIGNO’
Decoration: Arms (three keys, 2 and 1; supporters; two cranes, each holding a key)
Inscription: '·POUR · BIEN ·’d
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