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THIMBLE
THIMBLE
11.203
Unknown
1824-1914
The thimble is made from gold. The lower part has a wide band with medallions. One of these is engraved with a name while the others are engraved with floral motifs. The bottom has a simple band...
COIN
COIN
11.204
Unknown
1880
A six sided coin made from gold. On one side is an Indian head. He is facing to the left, wears a full headress and is surrounded by a border of stars. Underneath the head is the date 1880. On the...
COIN
COIN
11.205
Unknown
19th c.
A round coin made from gold. On the obverse is the head of a woman facing to the left. She wears a tiara and an Empire style hairdo. She is surrounded by a row of six pointed stars. The reverse...
CROSS
CROSS
11.206
Unknown
19th c.
The cross is made from red gold. It is set with eleven faceted cabochon garnets. There is a ring at top for suspension.
BROOCH WITH CAMEO OF CATHERINE II AS MINERVA
BROOCH WITH CAMEO OF CATHERINE II AS MINERVA
11.207
Unknown (Engraver)
after 1789
Cameo depicts Catherine II in profile facing to the right. She is shown in the guise of the goddess Minerva, wearing a classical helmet with laurel leaves crowned with an image of the sphinx. The...
LORGNETTES
LORGNETTES
11.208
Unknown
20th c.
The gold mounted lorgnette folds up into a gold case, which is decorated on each side with a spray of flowers in chased gold on a stippled ground. It has a rectangular shape with a projection on...
SEAL
SEAL
11.209
Unknown
19th c.
The rectangular bloodstone seal has a cut intaglio with a coat of arms. It shows a shield for a baron, supported by a lion and a griffin with a motto on a banderole below and a crown above. The...
WATCH FOB
WATCH FOB
11.211
Unknown
ca. 1905
The main part of the watch fob is an oval piece mounted in gold. One face is made in bloodstone, the other in carnelian. This is suspended on a swivel which is chased with leaves. On top is a...
SWIVEL SEAL
SWIVEL SEAL
11.222
Fabergé (Attributed to)
1899-1908
This swivel seal is made of purpurine glass suspended in a frame of red and green gold carved with rows of laurel leaves beneath a lover's knot. The seal was intended to be engraved with the...
PERFUME BOTTLE
PERFUME BOTTLE
11.227
Unknown
ca. 1850
The perfume bottle is tear-shaped with hinges along the sides, and a long narrow neck. The glass bottle is entirely covered by a gold openwork cage of vines with a pair of birds and a nest on...
FRAME
FRAME
11.231
Unknown (Jeweler)
20th Century
Rectangular frame is enameled pink on a guilloche ground with a rosette in each corner. Inner edge is beaded and the outer one with leaves. Back is in holly.
MEDAL
MEDAL
11.232
Unknown
1931
The medal is round. On one face is the bust in profile of Ambassador Augusto Rosso facing to the right. He wears a uniform with a high collar that is decorated with leaf scrolls. The back is plain...