Private Collection
Villa
Two Bracelets (Due bracciali)
Lot Closed
October 19, 12:30 PM GMT
Estimate
3,800 - 5,500 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Two bracelets
(Due bracciali)
One bracelet reproduced as the 'Corona Ferrea' decorated on the front with seed pearls, oval shaped sapphire, circular-cut rubies and emerald cabochon and on the back with the reproduction of the crucifixion nail, Italian maker's mark and mark, the other bracelet entirely engraved with floral motifs, length respectively 193 and 182mm approximately.
The Corona Ferrea, one of the most important objects of Italian goldsmith art, formed by six rectangular gem set plates keeps inside a thin iron hoop which is said to have been forged with one of the nails of the crucifixion of Jesus.
Preserved in the Cathedral of Monza, inside the chapel of Theodolinda, among the treasures and jewels the Corona Ferrea was used to crown Kings and Emperors from Charlemagne, Henry IV in 1081, Frederick I Barbarossa in 1158, Henry VII in 1311, Charles V in 1530 till Napoleon in 1805 who placed it on his own head himself, uttered the famous phrase: «Dieu me la donne, gare à qui la touche» (God gives it to me, beware whoever touches it).