A GEORGE III GOLD AND SARDONYX CAMEO BRACELET
A GEORGE III GOLD AND SARDONYX CAMEO BRACELET

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A GEORGE III GOLD AND SARDONYX CAMEO BRACELET
Composed of three graduated oval sardonyx portrait cameos, the central plaque carved to depict the bust length profile of George III (1738-1820), facing left and wearing a garter star on his jacket, flanked by Tsar Alexander I of Russia (1777-1828) in profile to the right, wearing a laurel wreath, and a female head in profile to the left, her hair arranged in a top knot, possibly Empress Elizaveta Alekseevna (1779-1826) or Catherine Grand Duchess of Oldenburg (1788-1819), to gold frames with oak leaf and acorn engraving, the two connecting links modelled as two crowns to a three row back chain, circa 1815, 16.8cm long.

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Lot Essay

It is possible that this bracelet was made to commemorate the visit of Tsar Alexander I to England:

In the spring of 1814, the Prince Regent declared a 'Grand Jubilee in celebration of the recent victory over Napoleon culminating in the present Glorious Peace and in honour of the Centennial of Hanoverian rule'. On 7th June, Tsar Alexander arrived in London along with his sister Catherine, Grand Duchess of Oldenburg and various other allied leaders. A series of events ensued including a review of twelve thousand troops in Hyde Park, and a Trafalgar re-enactment on the Serpentine. Although it would be more conventional to depict the Tsar's consort as a pendant to his portrait, Catherine maintained a very close relationship with her brother throughout her life and it is possible that it is she that is depicted on the bracelet rather than the Empress Elizaveta Alekseevna.

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