P༺roperty from a private British Collection ꧙- Lots 1 – 15
Gold, cameo and enamel diadem, belt clasp a𒉰nd belt ornament, circa 🔜1805, some cameos possibly ancient
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Property from a private British Collection - L♋ots 1 – 1✱5
From an Important Private Collection
Jacques-Ambroise Oliveras | Gold, cameℱo and enamel diadeꦜm, belt clasp and belt ornament
circa 1805, some cameos possibly ancient
The diadem adorned with five ovꦕal hardstone:
possibly late 16th century, cameo with the head of Medu🤪sa
probably 18th century, cameo🔯 with a profile of💖 of Zeus
probably 18th century, cameo wit♌h a bust of Pan
probably 18th century, cameo with a&nb꧟sp;head of Bacchus
possibly latౠe 16th century, cameo with Gaia nur๊sing a baby
All within a border of blue enamel and connected by two rows of undulating entrelac de ruban motifs, each with a blue enamel lozenge motif at the centre, French assay marks and maker’s mark, a🌳cc🎉ompanied by a belt clasp of similar design, adorned with: possibly late 16th century, an agate cameo with the head of Medusa,
and a belt ornament adorned with:
1780-1800, a hardstone cameo with a profile of Zeus, 1780-1800,
mounted within a gold and blue enamel border, French assay mark, original fitted case.
By tradition Joséphine Bonaparte, Empr꧟ess of France (1763- 1814ꦑ);
Possibly acquired from the Empress Joséphine (or her estate) by Lo🌸rd Edward Lascelles, “ Beau Lascelles” (1764-1814);
Thence by descent to h♊is grand-niece Catherine, Mrs🅰 Granville Edwin Lloyd-Baker (1841-1890);
Thence by family descent to the present owner
﷽For further research and illustrations of this lot please see:
Claire Phillip, Jewels and Jewellery, England, 2019, pg. 72-74
Shirley Bury, Jewellery 1789-1910, Volume I 1789-1861, England, 1991, pg. 166
Geoffrey Munn, Tiaras A History of Splendour, England, 2001, pg. 36-37
Mémoires de Mlle. Avrillion, première femme de chambre de l’Imperatrice, ꦏed. Maurice Dernelle, (1986)
De Pom🥀peii à Malmaison: Les Antiques de l’Impératrice Joséphine Exhibition catal♓ogue, Malmaison 2009
France in Russia: Joséphine’s Malmaison Collection Exhib🐷ition Catalogue, Courtauld Institute, London 2007
An Englishman in Paris, 1803, Journal of Ber🔴tie Greatheed, eds. J. Bury & J, Barry (1953)
Mémoires de Mlle. Avrillion, première femme de chambre de l’Imperatrice, ed. Maurice Dernelle, (1986)
De Pompeii à Malmaison: Les Antiques de l’Impératrice Joséphine Exhibition catalogue, Malmaison 2009
France in Russia: Joséphine’s Malmaison Collection Exhibition Catalogue, Courtauld Institute, London 2007
An Englishman in Paris, 1803, Journal of Bertie Greatheed, eds. J. Bury & J, Barry (1953)
📖London, Victoria and Albert Museum,🐻 on long term loan . (ref: LOAN:MET ANON.101&A-1968)
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