A Group of Four Insignia Badges
18th/19th Century
Comprising a dark blue-ground gauze badge worked in counted stitch with a peacock, denoting third rank; a blue-ground badge embroidered with a silver pheasant, denoting fifth rank; an orange-ground badge embroidered with a Mandarin duck; and a multi-colored badge embroidered with a paradise flycatcher
8.5/8 to 11in. (22 to 29.8cm.) across (4)
A Group of Four Insignia Badges
18th/19th Century
Comprising a dark blue-ground gauze badge worked in counted stitch with a peacock, denoting third rank; a blue-ground badge embroidered with a silver pheasant, denoting fifth rank; an orange-ground badge embroidered with a Mandarin duck; and a multi-colored badge embroidered with a paradise flycatcher
8.5/8 to 11in. (22 to 29.8cm.) across (4)
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