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Rossini

254 - A frame displaying 10 silver (800 parts per thousand) Knight…
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,200
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Description
A frame displaying 10 silver (800 parts per thousand) Knight’s Crosses of the Order of the Legion of Honour, with gold centres, complete with their ribbons, from different periods, comprising: - one from the First Empire period, 3rd type, hallmarked with the lictor’s fasces (a chip on the reverse of one of the branches, small chips in the green enamel), weight 17.4 g; - one from the Restoration period, with a fleur-de-lis crown, no visible hallmark (small chips in the enamel at the tips of the branches, and blue and green enamel), weight 17.2 g; - one from the July Monarchy period, bearing a ram’s head hallmark (minor chips in the green enamel), weight 16.0 g; - one from the Second Republic period, 2nd type, with a wild boar’s head hallmark (slight cracks in the enamel), weight 16.0 g; - one from the Second Empire period, circa 1852, with a crown of fleurons, marked with a boar’s head (slight enamel chips), weight 24 g; - one from the Second Empire period, with a crown featuring eagles, boar’s head hallmark (slight chipping of the enamel), weight 22.3 g; - one from the Third Republic period, slightly domed, with a laurel wreath in relief, a boar’s head hallmark (minuscule chips in the enamel), weight 25.5 g; - one from the Fourth Republic period, slightly domed, topped with a diamond, marked with a boar’s head and an illegible silversmith’s mark (minuscule chips in the enamel), weight 25.6 g; - one from the Fourth Republic period, with a laurel wreath in relief and diamond-pointed ends, marked with a boar’s head hallmark (minor chips), weight 28.3 g; - one from the Fifth Republic period, bearing a crab hallmark and a silversmith’s mark (in good condition), weight 28.6 g. H. 49 x W. 66 cm.
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About the sale CLASSICAL ART, Asian collection, antique paintings & works of art
Auction location
Auction time 11/04/2026 at 2:00 PM
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