an antique, 18th Century, wax seal stamp with the coat of arms of
the French family
Carpentier / Cârpentiêr / Charpentier,
Seigneurs de Chavagnac / Chavaniac from Sauvat, Cantal, France
it can be found in the Dubuisson armorial as belonging to
Carpentier / Cârpentiêr
description: a shield of blue / azure with a chevron Or / of gold,
accompanied in chief by two silver / argent crescents
and at the base by a rose, barbed and seeded,
above the shield a crown of a Duke with five visible leaves
elswhere found written as Charpentier:
in 1443, Pierre de Beaufort - Turenne, authorized his vassal, Louis de Charpentier, to build a tower with all the defenses necessary to resist attacks:
La Tour de Chavaniac
wax seal collection of Delta 98 Den Haag, La Haye, Les Pays Bas
- sold in Jan. 2024 -
