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Property from a private British Collection - Lots 1 – 15

Italian, probably Rome, late 18th century

Cameo with an Empress

Auction Closed

December 7, 11:28 AM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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Property from a private British Collection - Lots 1 – 15

Italian, probably Rome, late 18th century

Cameo with an Empress


chalcedony, within a mount

cameo: 25mm., in.

28mm., 1 1/8 in. overall

By tradition, Joséphine Bonaparte, Empress of France (1763- 1814);
Possibly acquired from the Empress Joséphine (or her estate) by Lord Edward Lascelles, “ Beau Lascelles” (1764-1814);
Thence by descent to his grand-niece Catherine, Mrs Granville Edwin Lloyd-Baker (1841-1890);
Thence by family descent to the present owner

London, Victoria and Albert Museum, on long term loan (ref: LOAN:MET ANON.105&A-1968)

Compare with the cameo with Apollo attributed to Edward Burch in the Royal Collection (inv. no. RCIN 65183). See K. Aschengreen Piacenti and J. Boardman, Ancient and Modern Gems and Jewels in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 2008, p. 50, no. 26.