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* Cane of CHATEAUBRIAND Cane with wooden shaft...

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* Cane of CHATEAUBRIAND Cane with wooden shaft and ivory pommel (in its state). Carrying a cartouche "Cane of Chateaubriand having belonged to the father of Anatole France, offered by this last to Jacques Lion". We attach to the cane a letter from Mr Jean-Paul Clément, director of the association for the House of Chateaubriand. In which it is mentioned the loan of "what Anatole France called an insignificant relic: the cane of Chateaubriand", lent in 1987 by the Mayor of Versailles, Mr André Damien. Length : 94,5 cm.