A LOUIS XV PATINATED BRONZE MODEL OF A CANNON BARREL...
The barrel cast with a mask-in-splendor below the motto 'ULTIMA RATIO REGUM' on a scroll, two dolphins and a scroll reading 'A PARIS 1760', together with a modern base
201⁄2 in. (52.5 cm.) long
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Originating during the Thirty Year’s War, the motto Ultima Ratio, refers to the solemnity of declaring war. In France, it was first used under the reign of Louis XIV, who had Ultima Ratio Regum, or last argument of kings, cast on the cannons of his armies. The term was further adapted in the subsequent centuries into Ultima Ratio Tribuni, essentially meaning 'last argument of the people', and was used by French, American and Swedish armies.
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The barrel cast with a mask-in-splendor below the motto 'ULTIMA RATIO REGUM' on a scroll, two dolphins and a scroll reading 'A PARIS 1760', together with a modern base
201⁄2 in. (52.5 cm.) long
Lot Essay
Originating during the Thirty Year’s War, the motto Ultima Ratio, refers to the solemnity of declaring war. In France, it was first used under the reign of Louis XIV, who had Ultima Ratio Regum, or last argument of kings, cast on the cannons of his armies. The term was further adapted in the subsequent centuries into Ultima Ratio Tribuni, essentially meaning 'last argument of the people', and was used by French, American and Swedish armies.
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