Lot 363
  • 363

Brazil, Order of the Rose

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • enamel, cotton, gold
  • diameter 5cm.; 2in.
Grand Dignitary’s set of insignia, circa 1875, by Victor Resse, Rio de Janeiro, comprising neck badge, in gold and enamels, with original neck riband and breast star, in silver-gilt and enamels, in two fitted cases of issue

Provenance

Possibly Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1809-1885)

Condition

Generally good. Neck badge with chips to white enamel.
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