Collection Hubert Guerrand-Hermès, Autour de la duchesse de Berry

Collection Hubert Guerrand-Hermès, Autour de la duchesse de Berry

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 609. A cast and patinated iron locket and key with the cypher of Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, duchesse de Berry (1798-1870), 19th century | Serrure et clé en fer forgé et doré au chiffre de Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, duchesse de Berry (1798-1870), XIXe siècle.

A cast and patinated iron locket and key with the cypher of Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, duchesse de Berry (1798-1870), 19th century | Serrure et clé en fer forgé et doré au chiffre de Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, duchesse de Berry (1798-1870), XIXe siècle

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December 15, 05:16 PM GMT

Estimate

400 - 600 EUR

Lot Details

Description

A cast and patinated iron locket and key with the cypher of Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, duchesse de Berry (1798-1870), 19th century


decorated with the initials "MC" for Marie-Caroline, the key with the cross of the Order of Saint Louis


Width. 7 ½ in


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Serrure et clé en fer forgé et doré au chiffre de Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, duchesse de Berry (1798-1870), XIXe siècle


décoré des initiales "MC" pour Marie-Caroline et la clé de la croix de l'Ordre de Saint-Louis


Long. 19 cm

Vente Sotheby's Londres, Noblesse oblige, 14 avril 2011, lot 215

Il est fort probable que les clés en argent finement gravées qui font partie de ce lot aient été offertes à Marie-Caroline, Duchesse de Berry, à l'occasion de sa présence au premier Carrousel de Saumur, traditionnel spectacle de cavalerie, le 20 juin 1828. Elles portent l'inscription "fidélité reconnaissante" et lui ont été remises par Morant, commandant du château de Saumur.

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