18th Century Seal Matrix: Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet De Belle-isle

Seal Matrix bearing the coat of arms of Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet De Belle-isle (quartered at 1 and 4, Argent, with a squirrel Gules (Fouquet) and at 2 and 3, Or with three chevrons Sable (Lévis )).

Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet De Belle-isle (1684-1761) is the grandson of the famous superintendent Fouquet.
He was marshal of France in 1740, duke and peer in 1748, knight of the orders of the king and of the Golden Fleece, minister secretary of state for war in 1758. He was closely linked to the city of Metz of which he ensured governance at the end of life.
Voltaire said of him: “he wrote in a simple and common manner, and one would never have noticed, by the style of his dispatches, the force and activity of his ideas. »

Old collector's label on the back identifying the weapons.
Dimensions app. : 33 x 30 mm

Very beautiful and important matrix.