Lot Essay
Other works from the Murat Collection will be offered in the Exceptional Sale, Paris, 28 November 2017 and in the Le Goût Français Sale, Paris, 29 November 2017.
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PROPERTY FROM THE PRINCELY MURAT COLLECTION
A GOLD, ENAMEL AND GLASS ORDER OF ST ALEXANDER NEVSKII
ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1807
Details
A GOLD, ENAMEL AND GLASS ORDER OF ST ALEXANDER NEVSKII
ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1807
The badge, shaped as a cross, each side set with a red glass panel, with finely chased Imperial double-headed eagles at intervals, the centre applied with an enamelled circular panel depicting St Alexander Nevskii on a horse, apparently unmarked; with the original pale red moiré silk sash, together with the original cloth, bullion and metal breast star of the order, the rays in silver wire and sequins, with a paper inventory label on the reverse, inscribed with inventory numbers ‘351’
The badge 3 in. (7.8 cm.) high, excluding suspension loop, the star 4½ in. (11.5 cm.)
ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1807
The badge, shaped as a cross, each side set with a red glass panel, with finely chased Imperial double-headed eagles at intervals, the centre applied with an enamelled circular panel depicting St Alexander Nevskii on a horse, apparently unmarked; with the original pale red moiré silk sash, together with the original cloth, bullion and metal breast star of the order, the rays in silver wire and sequins, with a paper inventory label on the reverse, inscribed with inventory numbers ‘351’
The badge 3 in. (7.8 cm.) high, excluding suspension loop, the star 4½ in. (11.5 cm.)
Provenance
Awarded by Emperor Alexander I to Prince Joachim Murat (1767-1815), Maréchal d’Empire, at Tilsit in July 1807.
By descent to the present owner.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
V. Ponomarev, V. Shabanov, Knights of the Imperial Order St Alexander Nevski, Moscow, 2009, pp. 820-821.
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