Artillery, infantry or naval officer's spear. - Lot 224

Artillery, infantry or naval officer's spear. Wrought iron half-picking knife with a strong median edge and rounded shoulder, struck on one side "Prajalas". On a conical socket with three well regulation ferrules and two long splints fixed by three iron pins. Waxed ash wood shaft divided into two parts, fixed at its half by two iron screw sockets. Conical iron clog ending in an acorn-shaped tip. Iron length: 16.5 cm; Iron length on socket: 23.5 cm; Iron length on socket with splints: 43.5 cm; Total length: 186 cm. B.E. ca. 1750. Prajalas Toussaint, arms manufacturer in Saint-Etienne, towards 1750. Ref.: specimen to be compared with the model drawn in the plates of the work of Suray de Saint Rémy, Mémoires d'artillerie, presenting the same type of assembly. See also Ariès, 1st fascicule 1970.