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Lot 304
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A framed gilt-bronze Medallion of field-marshal Mikhail Kutuzov, 1st Quarter of the 19th century

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gilt metal
  • 14.3 by 10.4cm, 5 5/8 by 4 1/8 in.
the circular medallion cast with a profile portrait of Field-Marshal Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov (1747-1813), wearing full dress uniform with sash and orders, set in a rectangular gilt-metal frame decorated with laurel and oak wreath with stylised acanthus leaf tip and trellis borders surmounted by an Imperial crown flanked by oak and laurel branches

Condition

The gilding is rubbed in places throughout consistent with age.
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