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A CONTINENTAL JEWELLED AND ENAMELLED GOLD MEDALLION OF PHILIP II
CIRCA 1870
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A CONTINENTAL JEWELLED AND ENAMELLED GOLD MEDALLION OF PHILIP II
Circa 1870
The obverse with a profile portrait of Philip II of Spain, with green enamel ground and inscription ENTOUT. FIDELLES. AUROY, the reverse with a basse-taille enamel vari-colored vase of flowers, the obverse with enamel scroll surround and set with emeralds and rubies, with tri-part suspension chain and ring, set with three pendant baroque pearls, apparently unmarked
4in. (102mm.) long
Circa 1870
The obverse with a profile portrait of Philip II of Spain, with green enamel ground and inscription ENTOUT. FIDELLES. AUROY, the reverse with a basse-taille enamel vari-colored vase of flowers, the obverse with enamel scroll surround and set with emeralds and rubies, with tri-part suspension chain and ring, set with three pendant baroque pearls, apparently unmarked
4in. (102mm.) long
Provenance
Baron Albert von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Schloss Grünberg, sold Herman Ball & Paul Graupe, Berlin, March 14, 1933, lot 75