§ Coat of Arms identification

Wooden game box in precious wood and ivory marquetry from the 16th century bearing the arms of Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna (alias Oxenstjerna) af Södermöre (born 16 June 1583 in Fånö - died 28 August 1654), Count of Södermöre, diplomat and Privy Councillor to King Gustav II Adolph of Sweden. Grand Chancellor of Sweden from 6 January 1612 until his death, Oxenstierna is regarded as one of the most influential figures in Swedish history, having laid the foundations for the state’s modern central administrative structure.

Stone carved Coat of Arms on the dwelling of the Rennebourg castle (in Saint Denis du Pin, France) which are those of the noble families Pichot lords de Roffy (Angoumois) and Goumard lords d’Echillais (Saintonge). End of the 16th century.

Double-sided vervelle with a slewed jump ring of the Coat-of-Arms of the French family Prie (or Prye).
_Dimensions 25 x 12 mm, compartmentalized enamels on gilded metal. Found in a field of the countryside of Huismes near Chinon (Touraine, France). Probable dating: XIVth century.

Identification of Arms and cipher on an extraordinary chatelaine in yellow gold and enamel of the mid 19th century in the style of the 17th century. These coat of arms are probably those of the family of the Marquis de Pierres alias Pierres d’Epinay (Anjou) : Or a cross formy couped Gules.
Size: 21 x 5.8 cm. Weight: 96.8 g.

Universal Armorial hand written and hand painted of the end of the XVth century.
Drawings in brown ink, tempera, shell gold and silver on vellum.
This armorial never yet studied is of a wonderful graphic beauty. It is a very rare example because of its magnificent state of preservation and its preserved original pagination. It contains 17 folios of 19,5 x 13,5 cm.
Study by my care in progress.
Private collection.

Fireplace plate in cast iron of the XVIIth century with the coats of arms of Christophe de Cult, lord of Cemboing, knight (1619) captain in the regiment of Arberg, received in Saint Georges de Bourgogne’s order in 1654, died in 1661.
These complex coats of arms were very fashionable in the XVIIth century, they aimed at emphasizing ascendants. It is particularly the case here, Christophe de Cult fetches very far and not always in his own genealogy, the coat of arms of sometimes prestigious families to enrich his own arms and rather modest lineage… (Franche-comté, France).
Private collection.

Detail of a late XVIIth century’s tapestry adorning the alliance arms of Charles Francois de Labbe (Lorraine, France), baron de Beauffremont et de Vrecourt, state councilor of the duc Leopold de Lorraine (1690-1729) and of Marie-Charlotte de Lavaux (Lorraine, France).

Fireplace plate in cast iron of the end of the XVIIIth century with the coats of arms of the Bernot de Charant et de Congy’s family (Bourbonnais, France).
Size: 95 x 100 cm.

Precious playing purse offered by King Louis XIV to the Duke d’Antin, Peer of France, Marquess of Montespan, Gondrin and Mézières embroidered with his armorial bearings. Garnet velvet embroidered with golden and silver thread. Diameter 12 cm. Made between 1711 and 1736.