A SHOULDER-BELT ORNAMENT AND BUTTONS, &c, OF HUNTING INTEREST
THE FIRST MID/LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A SHOULDER-BELT ORNAMENT AND BUTTONS, &c, OF HUNTING INTEREST
The first mid/late 19th Century
A badge, probably for the dress shoulderbelt of a hunting official or huntsman, of gilt cast metal consisting of a large well-modelled stag's head, attached by three chains to a coronet with armorial shield below, mounted in a glazed display-case; together with seventy-five buttons, and a pair of button-links, all with a sporting theme, mainly featuring stags, wild boar, hare, game-birds, etc, and including four buttons in the form of cartridge base-caps
The first 16¼in. high (76)
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The coronet with seven pearls may be that of a Continental baron
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