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An exceptional 18th Century Order of the Garter ‘Great George’ pendant collar badge of outstanding style and condition making it one the finest known surviving examples from this period
The Most Noble Order of the Garter, K.G., Great George pendant collar badge, mid to late 18th century, gold and enamels, 56.23g, approximately 46mm x 47mm x 23mm overall, the finely modelled free-standing mounted figure of St George slaying the dragon; St George, facing right, wears a blue cap with red plume and integral loop for suspension, with blue cuirass and red skirt, flowing red sash, red enamelled sword and blue boots, attacking the dragon with a gold lance; the white enamelled horse has gold trappings with a red saddle cloth, gold tail and hooves; the dragon is speared through the head, with green enamelled scales and spread wings, it’s long barbed tail wound around a rear leg of the horse and returning under the horse’s belly; on the natural ground of earth, foliage and grass is a crouching green, spotted salamander with a long barbed tail, its mouth agape, the whole surrounded by a red and white enamelled rope-twist border, the base of translucent green enamel on a diaper-pattern cut gold base, some old restoration to red enamel sash and minor chips to dragon’s tail and body but overall in exceptionally good original undamaged condition and of the greatest rarity thus £40,000-£50,000
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The Royal Collection holds a similarly styled badge almost certainly by the same modeller (RCIN 442086) and probably later used as inspiration for the Great George made for Emperor Alexander II of Russia by Robert Garrard in about 1867, especially the red sash rather than the more usual cape (RCIN 440084). A similar badge is also held in the Spada Collection exhibited in the Museum of the Legion of Honour, Paris.
The Most Noble Order of the Garter, K.G., Great George pendant collar badge, mid to late 18th century, gold and enamels, 56.23g, approximately 46mm x 47mm x 23mm overall, the finely modelled free-standing mounted figure of St George slaying the dragon; St George, facing right, wears a blue cap with red plume and integral loop for suspension, with blue cuirass and red skirt, flowing red sash, red enamelled sword and blue boots, attacking the dragon with a gold lance; the white enamelled horse has gold trappings with a red saddle cloth, gold tail and hooves; the dragon is speared through the head, with green enamelled scales and spread wings, it’s long barbed tail wound around a rear leg of the horse and returning under the horse’s belly; on the natural ground of earth, foliage and grass is a crouching green, spotted salamander with a long barbed tail, its mouth agape, the whole surrounded by a red and white enamelled rope-twist border, the base of translucent green enamel on a diaper-pattern cut gold base, some old restoration to red enamel sash and minor chips to dragon’s tail and body but overall in exceptionally good original undamaged condition and of the greatest rarity thus £40,000-£50,000
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The Royal Collection holds a similarly styled badge almost certainly by the same modeller (RCIN 442086) and probably later used as inspiration for the Great George made for Emperor Alexander II of Russia by Robert Garrard in about 1867, especially the red sash rather than the more usual cape (RCIN 440084). A similar badge is also held in the Spada Collection exhibited in the Museum of the Legion of Honour, Paris.
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An exceptional 18th Century Order of the Garter ‘Great George’ pendant collar badge of outstanding style and condition making it one the finest known surviving examples from this period
The Most Noble Order of the Garter, K.G., Great George pendant collar badge, mid to late 18th century, gold and enamels, 56.23g, approximately 46mm x 47mm x 23mm overall, the finely modelled free-standing mounted figure of St George slaying the dragon; St George, facing right, wears a blue cap with red plume and integral loop for suspension, with blue cuirass and red skirt, flowing red sash, red enamelled sword and blue boots, attacking the dragon with a gold lance; the white enamelled horse has gold trappings with a red saddle cloth, gold tail and hooves; the dragon is speared through the head, with green enamelled scales and spread wings, it’s long barbed tail wound around a rear leg of the horse and returning under the horse’s belly; on the natural ground of earth, foliage and grass is a crouching green, spotted salamander with a long barbed tail, its mouth agape, the whole surrounded by a red and white enamelled rope-twist border, the base of translucent green enamel on a diaper-pattern cut gold base, some old restoration to red enamel sash and minor chips to dragon’s tail and body but overall in exceptionally good original undamaged condition and of the greatest rarity thus £40,000-£50,000
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The Royal Collection holds a similarly styled badge almost certainly by the same modeller (RCIN 442086) and probably later used as inspiration for the Great George made for Emperor Alexander II of Russia by Robert Garrard in about 1867, especially the red sash rather than the more usual cape (RCIN 440084). A similar badge is also held in the Spada Collection exhibited in the Museum of the Legion of Honour, Paris.
The Most Noble Order of the Garter, K.G., Great George pendant collar badge, mid to late 18th century, gold and enamels, 56.23g, approximately 46mm x 47mm x 23mm overall, the finely modelled free-standing mounted figure of St George slaying the dragon; St George, facing right, wears a blue cap with red plume and integral loop for suspension, with blue cuirass and red skirt, flowing red sash, red enamelled sword and blue boots, attacking the dragon with a gold lance; the white enamelled horse has gold trappings with a red saddle cloth, gold tail and hooves; the dragon is speared through the head, with green enamelled scales and spread wings, it’s long barbed tail wound around a rear leg of the horse and returning under the horse’s belly; on the natural ground of earth, foliage and grass is a crouching green, spotted salamander with a long barbed tail, its mouth agape, the whole surrounded by a red and white enamelled rope-twist border, the base of translucent green enamel on a diaper-pattern cut gold base, some old restoration to red enamel sash and minor chips to dragon’s tail and body but overall in exceptionally good original undamaged condition and of the greatest rarity thus £40,000-£50,000
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The Royal Collection holds a similarly styled badge almost certainly by the same modeller (RCIN 442086) and probably later used as inspiration for the Great George made for Emperor Alexander II of Russia by Robert Garrard in about 1867, especially the red sash rather than the more usual cape (RCIN 440084). A similar badge is also held in the Spada Collection exhibited in the Museum of the Legion of Honour, Paris.
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