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Material: Ormolu
Pair Confederate Civil War Cast Iron Cannonballs with Century Ormolu Mounts
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Confederate Civil War Cast Iron Cannonballs with Century Ormolu Mounts,* United States, Circa 1861–1863
*This offering consists of four pieces, two cannonballs, and two peri...
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Mid-19th Century American Industrial Antique Ormolu Historical Memorabilia
Materials
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'Duchesse de Richmond' French Limoges Enamel Portrait Plaque
Located in London, GB
'Duchesse de Richmond' French Limoges enamel portrait plaque
French 19th century
Height 22cm, width 16cm, depth 2cm
This exquisite Limoges enamel plaque is based on a painting of the Duchess of Richmond by the 17th century French artist, Henri Gascar...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Historical Memorabilia
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Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
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The Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund £100 Trafalgar Sword awarded to JOHN PILFORD ESQ CAPT
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The Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund £100 Trafalgar Sword awarded to JOHN PILFORD ESQ CAPTAIN OF HMS AJAX, 21st October 1805.
The presentation inscription on this sword reads: “FROM THE PATRIOTIC FUND AT LLYODS TO JOHN PILFORD ESQ CAPTAIN OF HMS AJAX FOR HIS MERITORIUS SERVICES IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE SIGNAL VICTORY OBTAINED OVER THE COMBINED FLEETS OF FRANCE AND SPAIN OFF CAPE TRAFALGAR ON THE 21ST OF OCTOBER 1805”. The curved single-edged blade richly etched and gilt against a blued ground with flowers, foliage, entwined dolphins, naval and martial trophies, figures of Britannia and Victory, crowned arms and cypher of George III, the recipient’s initials in a starburst above a phoenix, and the presentation inscription, stirrup hilt of ormolu, the quillons formed as a fasces, the knuckle-guard as a Hercules club entwined by a snake and retaining its original gilt bullion and blue silk sword-knot, the langets cast with acanthus foliage and naval trophies, the back-piece of the partly chequered ivory grip (minor chip) cast as the skin of the Nemean Lion, in its original foliate engraved scabbard of ormolu decorated with naval medallions on each side cast and chased with the figures of Britannia framed by the inscription ‘Ajax Nelson Trafalgar 21st Octr. 1805’, and Hercules with the Hydra, and the Nemean Lion, the open panels with cast, pierced and chased naval trophies on velvet grounds, the two suspension loops in the form of coiled serpents, the chape with a border of graduated beads, the top edge of the locket engraved ‘R. Teed Sword Cutler Lancaster Court Strand’, in the original mahogany presentation case inset with a brass place plaque, “From the Patriotic Fund Lloyd’s London to Lieut. John Pilford R.N. of HMS Ajax 1805”. A secondary inscription on scabbard throat reads, “Presented to Movis D’Omer Jac Aberle Prop Tivoli Theatre March 1st 1878”.
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