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Click here to subscribePrussian Order of the Crown, 2nd types sash badge by J Godet & Söhne, Berlin.A fine silver-gilt badge, bearing German crescent moon .938, hallmarks approx. 62 mm. White Maltese cross with burnished edges; to the centre a blue enamel circlet inscribed ‘Gott mit uns’ with gilt crown to centre. Reverse bears Wilhelm I’s cypher within a blue enamelled circlet inscribed ‘Den 18 October 1861’. VGCFounded by Kaiser Wilhelm I on 18th October 1861.
ENGLISH SCHOOL c.1790 Portrait of The Ladies Elizabeth and Gertrude Howard, each wearing white dress & blue sash, on ivory; 7.5 x 6.5 cms, (daughters of Frederick 5th Earl of Carlisle KG, PC). The Lady Elizabeth b.1780 married John Henry Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland in 1799 and The Lady Gertrude b.1783 married William Sloane Stanley Esq. in 1806.
An extensive collection of early 20th Century assorted ephemera relating to the women's Suffrage movement, previously belonging to Florence, Grace and Edith Hodgson. Comprising four white enamel Votes for Women flag pins; two Women's Freedom League 1909 pin badges 'It is the right of the subjects to petition the King and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal'; one red Women's Freedom League button badge; three Votes For Women WFL shield button badges; three green, gold and white enamel Votes For Women flag pins; one Votes For Women button badge; two guilloche enamel Votes For Women bar brooches; two small button badges with Mrs Despard (president of Women's Freedom League) portraits; two Free Church Federation For Woman Suffrage button badges; two Census Resisted No Vote No Cencus "A census for G Britain shall be taken in the year 1911 & the census day shall be Sunday the 2nd day of April in that year" button badges; two cast metal button brooches depicting Liberty with SUF FRA JUS GII, cast signature JOH DAN; two Votes For Women WFL cloth patches in original colours; two hallmarked silver buttons, cast with a portrait of a society lady thought to be Emiline Pankhurst, Birmingham 1902, A&J Zimmerman; a green and yellow enamel striped bar brooch, possibly American; a green cloth hand-made pouch bag with square Votes for Women WFL patch to front; three Women's Freedom League thin woven sashes (printed text); one green, gold and white banded sash; one purple white and green sash; two rectangular woven Votes For Women ribbons; a Women's Freedom League a printed yellow and black pennant with a printed scene of Holloway Prison above Holloway, in ink inscribed 'stone walls do not a prison make' with drawn downward arrows, approx 20cm long; a blue arm band with white painted dove symbol; a paper pamphlet (a few hints for those who have never marched in a procession before...); together with a large collection of period postcards contained in The Vote Album, 101 period postcards (photograph and chromolithograph) to include Mrs Pankhurst; Anna Munro (signed in ink); Lady Constance Lytton; Mrs Pethick Lawrence; Mrs Borrmann Wells (as suffragette at work in prison) and Teresa Billington-Greig (signed in ink), Muriel Matters (signed in pencil), ; various satirical postcards; plus loose duplicate and other cards (some printed Suffrage shop)Within the album are five hand-written postmarked cards, including one to Miss Hodgson, 39 Estelle Road London 'Urgently we have special work to do on Monday and Tuesday, helpers are urgently needed, can you spare at least two hours? Please call by the office anytime after 10am, Sincerely Yours, B. Borrmann Wells'To Miss G Hodgson, 34 Dartmouth Park Hill, Highgate 'Dear Miss Hodgson, I hope you have enough literature for your ? on ? on Tuesday, and that you will be able to sell a lot. If you want more - some of P. Snowden's Conciliation Bill, send me a line, and I will despatch on Monday, Mrs E Mitchell Hon Lit Sec'Miss Edith Hodgson, 39 Estelle Road, Hampstead NW, Aug 24 09, 'Dear Miss Hodgson, We are indeed very grateful for your offer to help with the picketing as we are very hard pushed - looking forward to seeing you, sincerely yours ??'Miss G. ch. Hodgson, 39 Estelle Road, West Hampstead NW, APL2709, 'Hope to see you arrive safely at class tonight. What do you think of the other side? L. ch. 'Provenance by descent, Florance, Grace and Edith Hodgson are known to have resided at 39 Laurier Road, Dartmouth Park, London; detailed in the 1901 census Florance is noted to work for The Post Office, Edith was a milliner and Grace was 13, by 1911 all three are absent from the census, probably in protest. Many suffragettes deliberately avoided the night before the cesus was taken, often gathering at the home of a 'census resister' or quite simply leaving the property and the census taker arrived. It's documented in London suffrages spent midnight walking around Trafalgar Square with a concert put on for entertainment and a vegetarian restaurant in Covent Garden staying open to provide refreshments. The Role of Honour of suffragette prisoners from 1905-1914 (National Archive reference 7LAC/2 held at The London School of Economics) references Grace Hodgson as a prisoner.
*The Orders, Medals and Decorations awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Honourable Martin Michael Charles, Baron Charteris of Amisfield G.C.B. G.C.V.O. O.B.E. Q.S.O. P.C. Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he served as an officer in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in WW2 and saw action in North Africa during which time he was temporarily paralysed by ‘Nile Rheumatism’. Returning home to convalesce in October 1940, his hospital ship S.S. Yorkshire was subsequently torpedoed and sunk, seeing him cast adrift and then rescued before recuperating in Britain. Back in action in 1941, he took command of ‘A’ Company, 2nd Battalion, K.R.R.C., part of the 7th Motor Brigade, and fought in and around El-Alamein, Tobruk, Gazala and then in the Italy campaign. After the war he served as Head of Military Intelligence (G.S.I.) in Palestine 1945-46, and was fortunate to have not been present during the infamous King David Hotel bombing, which had targeted the offices of the senior figures of the British Administration. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and was a refined, charming and well-connected individual with a keen wit and sense of humour. He was appointed Private Secretary to H.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh and heiress presumptive to the British throne in 1950, and was the first to receive word from Britain of the death of King George VI during a visit to Kenya. Continuing to serve H.M. The Queen as her Assistant Private Secretary (1952-1972) under Sir Michael Adeane, and then as Private Secretary (1972-1977), the culmination of his role was his central involvement in the Queen’s Silver Jubilee celebrations of 1977. Upon his retirement in 1977 he became Provost of Eton College, and was appointed permanent Lord-in-Waiting and Life Peer as Baron Charteris of Amisfield, created on 7 February 1978, comprising: Orders and Decorations: The Most Excellent Order of the Bath (Civil Division), Grand Cross set of insignia by Garrard & Co., comprising sash badge, in silver-gilt, bearing hallmarks for London dated 1940, and breast star, in silver gilt and enamels, in fitted case of issue; The Royal Victorian Order, Grand Cross set of insignia by Collingwood, comprising sash badge, in silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star, in silver, silver-gilt and enamels, both numbered ‘952’ to reverse, in fitted case of issue; France, Legion d’Honneur, Grand Officer’s set of insignia by Arthus Bertrand, Paris, comprising officer’s breast badge in gold and enamels (minor enamel loss in lower part), and breast star in silver, both bearing hallmarks, in fitted case of issue; Medal Group: Queen’s Service Order, in silver and enamels, reverse engraved (Martin Michael Charles Charteris); with original box of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Officer’s breast badge, in silver; 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star, with clasp ‘8th Army’; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, the latter with bronze M.i.D. spray of oak leaves; General Service Medal, 1918-62, single clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Major. M.M.C. Charteris. K.R.R.C.); Coronation Medal, 1953; Jubilee Medal, 1977; Group court-mounted with brooch pin by ‘John G. Southern – Military Tailor’, with associated riband bar, and a folder of official warrants of appointment, toned, extremely fine, and a rare combination of medals and awards to an important figure in modern royal history (16). O.B.E.: London Gazette: 13 June, 1946 M.V.O.: London Gazette: 1 June, 1953 (Coronation Honours) C.B.: London Gazette: 12 June, 1958 K.C.V.O.: London Gazette: 2 June, 1962 (Birthday Honours) K.C.B: London Gazette: 3 June, 1972 (Birthday Honours) G.C.V.O.: London Gazette: 1 January, 1976 (New Year Honours) G.C.B.: London Gazette: 11 August, 1977 Q.S.O.: London Gazette: 31 December 1977 Royal Victorian Chain: London Gazette: 7 July, 1992. Martin Michael Charles Charteris was born on 7 September 1913 at Halkin Place, London, the second son of Hugo Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho, and Lady Violet Catherine Manners. Educated at Eton College, and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he received a commission as Second Lieutenant in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 31 August 1933, being promoted to Lieutenant on 31 August 1936, and serving in the jungle in Burma in 1937. Soon after the outbreak of war in 1939, he was left temporarily paralyzed by a tropical virus (then called ‘Nile Rheumatism’) in Egypt, and in the process of returning back to Britain from Gibraltar to convalesce in October 1939, he was playing chess on deck with his Doctor when the hospital ship Yorkshire was torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay. He was nearly drowned as he was dragged underwater, having only recently regained any strength at all after his paralysis. Somehow surfacing he was rescued by a life raft and eventually picked up (as recorded in his account published in the Sunday Express of 25 February 1940) by an American vessel. Being neutral at this stage in war, the American ship was carefully inspected by the U-Boat but was in the end left alone. After his recovery, he returned to active service in North Africa in 1941, taking command of ‘A’ Company, 2nd Battalion, K.R.R.C. – part of the 7th Motor Brigade. His battalion saw a great deal of fighting against Rommel’s famous Africa Corps in and around Tobruk, el-Alamein, and at the Battle of Gazala, with his unit fighting in direct support of British M3 Grant tanks. In one of his wartime letters, he wrote: ‘The Gazala Line was like a shield held out in front of Tobruk, El Adem, and the coastal communications; its right rested on the coast, but its left, as must always be the case in Libya, hung open and undefended in the great desert to the south. It seemed highly improbable that the enemy would sweep south of Hacheim with his armour. We went east pretty fast…It was like General Post. There were British columns and German ones, cannoning off each other like blindfolded people: you could see the lolloping Verey lights, and like a bass string accompaniment you could hear as a background to everything the grunting, coughing, mumbling of the Panzers rolling east…The battle swung to and fro and for many days hung in the balance; indeed at one time we came so near to a great victory that I can hardly bear to think of what might have been. For my own part, I swung to and fro with the battle. For several days I was around Hacheim, and was filled with admiration for the Free French. I was at El Adem, Knightsbridge, on the edge of the Cauldron, and for two wild days behind the enemy at Mteifel.’ He was promoted to Captain on 31 August 1941, and continued to serve in WW2, being mentioned in despatches on 24 June 1943, promoted to Major on 7 September 1944, to Acting Colonel on 27 January 1945, and Acting Brigadier on 27 February 1945. In his personal life at this time, he married Hon. Gay Margesson, the daughter of David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson, on 16 December 1944, at Jerusalem. Returning to military service, it is likely his latter wartime career was spent serving in an Intelligence capacity. After a period of work as an Instructor at Haifa Staff College, he was appointed Chief of Military Intelligence (G.S.I) in Palestine between September 1945 and September 1946, which included a good deal of counter-terrorism work undertaken against the ‘Lehi’ Zionist Paramilitary Organisation (known in British circles as ‘the Stern Gang’). ....For further information please see the catalogue pdf on www.mortonandeden.com
*Russia, Order of the White Eagle, set of insignia by Julius Keibel, St Petersburg, circa 1870, comprising sash badge, in gold and enamels, marked on eagle’s talons and riband carrier, height 91.5mm, width 61mm and breast star, in silver-gilt and enamels, width 87mm, marked on backplate, in fitted case of issue with hinged gilt lid compartment holding a complete sash, some restoration to blue enamel ribbons of badge, generally good very fine (lot)
Adrien Étienne Gaudez, (French 1845 ~ 1902), Retour des Hirondelles, (Return of the Swallows), circa 1900, a patinated bronze model of a maiden, portrayed as standing and diaphanously draped, her head inclined to dexter, a billowing sash held up above her, with swallows alighting variously overall; the integrally cast base inscribed A.GAUDEZ in the maquette and with applied title plaque, 97cm high, 35cm wide PROVENANCE: The Property of a Gentleman, London CATALOGUE NOTES: Gaudez was born in Lyon on 2 February 1845 and went on to study under Francois Jouffroy at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1862, making his debut at the Paris Salon in 1864. He worked almost exclusively in bronze and produced a wide array of sculpture, ranging from genre subjects to military and patriotic themes. His earlier work was mostly of a classical nature but in the latter part of his career he produced some pieces that can be categorized as Art Nouveau, such as the elegant and impressive model offered here
A large Victorian style doll's house with hinged front and one side of the roof with sash windows, enclosing nine rooms and central staircase with two hinged sides to the base enclosing four rooms with electricity, and an extensive quantity of various accessories including furniture, figures, decorative items and textiles, height 106cm, width 81cm, depth 64cm.
Three Native American beaded objects. One Ojibwe beaded buckskin bag with a scalloped edge and floral motif. Bag has beaded fringe and a beaded handle, and is ca. 1900. One Ojibwe sash with a floral motif on a yellow background with light green fabric edging and ties on a red dotted fabric backing, ca. 1900. One Nez Perce bag with red floral motif. Thread sewn and fully beaded, with a black wool interior. Early 20th century. Nez Perce bag is contained in plexi-topped box. Provenance: Collection of Judith Balderson, MN.Dimensions: Ojibway bag: length including handle and frin.ge: 13 in.; bag length 8 1/4 in. x Width: 8 in. Sash: length with ties: 55 in.; length without ties: 35 in. x Width: 5 in. Nez Perce bag: length: 10 1/2 in. x Width: 8 1/2 in. Condition: Generally good; some loose threads.Images: To view larger images, please visit https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8ed9nhnm5wknrh8/AACsurKHrYImqDg3T-dvZrR1a?dl=0
A quantity of Masonic regalia, comprising three aprons; a sash; three collarettes, one collar heavily embroidered in gold thread depicting a phoenix on nest feeding chicks, St George Cross above, with gold silk floral & foliate decoration on red ground, all contained in original 'Toye & Company Ltd' cardboard box. (qty)
A rare Bristol porcelain figure: a smiling boy in hard paste porcelain well painted in enamels with turquoise breeches, yellow sash and blue plumed cap playing a hurdy - gurdy, supported by a tree stump, unmarked, flat base. 19cm high. Circa 1775Provenance: a Bristol CollectionNote: Very similar to the one in the Schreiber collection in the V & A.
A large English turned and carved painted 18th century wooden doll, with inset dark glass eyes, painted and stitched brows and eye lashes, bright pink cheeks, the arms of stuffed cotton and painted wood with elongated fingers, the white painted legs jointed at thigh and knee with carved calves, with high-piled dark brown stuffed wool wig elaborately arranged in curls falling to the shoulders, wearing original yellow striped silk open robe with train edged with puckered silk net and green silk petticoat trimmed with later cream silk bobbled braid and fine ruched net, the bodice over boned blue corset, striped silk muslin shawl, elaborate sash and cap trimmed with feathers, bows, gauze and fringing, a corsage of artificial flowers, ribbon at neck, a cotton shift, stiffened short petticoat, scalloped cut linen petticoat, knitted cotton stocking and flat heeled leather shoe - 24in. (61cm.) high (missing one lower leg, replaced chip to forehead, rubbed nose and lips, some varnish missing from forehead, missing tips of two fingers and some silk perishing)Family history dictates that this group of dolls and textiles, lots 309 to 315, belonged to Isabella Byne, who was born in 1745 and died in 1797, aged 52. She married Ralph Carr in 1758, aged just 13. From research, it appears that Isabella had five children, including three girls: Isabella Carr, born in 1760, Annabella Carr, born in 1763 and Harriet Carr, born in 1771. Therefore it is most probable that the three dolls, dating from around 1760 and the 1780s, were purchased either for these girls or purchased and kept by Isabella as mementos of the girls. They have always passed down the female line, staying in the same family for the last 250 years: Isabelle Carr, née Byne. Harriet Cheney, née Carr – wife of General Cheney of Langley, Derbyshire and Badger, Shropshire. Frederica Capel-Cure, née Cheney - wife of George Capel-Cure. They have remained in the Capel-Cure family home, Blake Hall at Ongar in Essex, since the late 19th Century. Special Auction Services would like to thank Olivia Bristol and Patricia Frost for their kind assistance in cataloguing this collection.
An unusual German 19th century composition shoulder head doll in uniform, possibly a policeman with black painted moulded hair, moustache and cap, carved wooden limbs on rigid kid body, original dark navy uniform with red cuffs and white kid sash? - 10¾in. (27cm.) high (large hole in side of head, damaged at throat and missing one foot)
HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - fine pair Royal Presentation signed 1978 portrait photographs of The Royal Couple, taken at Windsor Castle, The Queen in a ball gown and wearing a diamond tiara, sash of The Order of the Garter and Royal Family Orders, The Duke in Naval uniform, signed in ink on mounts - 'Elizabeth R 1978', 'Philip 1978', in original blue Morocco leather frames with arched tops and gilt embossed Royal ciphers, easel backs (one replaced but original present), 36cm x 25.5cm
HM Queen Elizabeth II - fine Royal Presentation signed portrait photograph of The Queen wearing a ball gown, diamond tiara and jewels and sash of the Order of the Garter, signed in ink on mount 'Elizabeth R 1968', in original leather frame with gilt embossed crowned ERII cipher to domed top (easel back lacking), 31.5cm x 22.5cm.Provenance: Presented by The Queen to Mr Henry Joerin, her personal hairdresser from 1939 - 1969
A pair of Royal Worcester figures after James Hadley, 'Before the Wind' and 'After the Wind', each modelled as a maiden with flowing hair, heightened in gilt and on circular naturalistic base, one wearing a dark blue gown and green cloak supported by a tree stump, the other wearing a pale blue and dark red gown and red sash supported by a rock, H 28.5cm (tallest)
After Brochard - profile portrait of an unknown general, wearing uniform with epaulette and sash, buff coloured wax in mid-relief, mounted on red velvet, signed Brochard F, 19th century, in hexagonal wooden frame, frame w.13cm; together with a bronze metal relief profile portrait of George III, in red enamelled surround, dia.4.5cm, in ebonised frame (2)
A 19th century miniature portrait of a soldier mounted in a scrolling and diamond set brooch, the finely painted miniature of a blue-eyed young man with short brown hair and long side burns, in scarlet dress uniform with gold embroidered collar and fringed epaulettes, and a white sash over the double row of gold buttons, possibly from one of the Prince of Wales's regiments, c.1850; the portrait collet set in a wide scrolling and undulating frame with engraved textured field and polished ribbon edges gypsy set at intervals with old cushion cut diamonds, yellow metal tests as 18ct gold; length of miniature 2.8cm, width of brooch 5.4cm, total estimated weight of diamonds approximately 1.0ct Provenance: Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge, London SW7
Masonic Interest: a 19th century silk snuff handkerchief, printed with masonic emblems and iconography, 76 cm by 81 cm; a 19th century masonic stole, chain stitch embroidered with masonic emblems, tasselled wool fringes, 3 m long overall, and a further black and white moire silk sash, with gilt metal thread fringes (3)Snuff handkerchief - Silk shot to border in several places. Some slight staining overall. Stole - Some losses to embroidery. Some slight staining overall. Sash - Generally good condition.
The King's Own Royal Regiment:- an Early 20th Century Bandsman's Part Uniform, to a drummer, comprising a scarlet tunic with black facings, red and black wings, brass buttons, collar badges, shoulder titles and trade badge, with cord aguillette, buff belt and a later peaked cap; a Post-Second World War Bandsman's Uniform, to a regimental quartermaster sergeant, comprising No.1 blues jacket with blue and gold lace wings, staybrite badges and buttons, red webbing sash and cord aguillette, with a buff belt, pair of white leather gloves, pair of trousers and a peaked cap (8)
A Late Victorian/Edwardian Scarlet Tunic to a Captain, the Border Regiment, with yellow facings, gold lace trim, knotted shoulder straps, white metal and enamel collar badges, brass buttons and a crimson and gold lace sash; a Victorian OR's Scarlet Tunic, with white facings and white metal buttons; an Officer' Scarlet Mess Jacket, with white facings, lacks buttons (3)
A 1960s Border Regiment No.2 Dress Uniform, to a Colour Sergeant, comprising tunic with staybrite collar badges and buttons, cloth rank and regimental insignia, scarlet webbing sash and buff belt, with a shirt, tie, later pair of trousers and peaked cap; a Royal Marines No.1 Blues Jacket, to a Sergeant with Stores Accountant trade badge, staybrite badges and buttons and buff belt; ten Pairs of No.1 Blues Trousers and Breeches, various sizes (qty)
Two hollow cast alloy figures of Buddha, early 20th century, each in meditative pose with an offering bowl between their laps, a bed of lotus leaves and with a sash with three character marks reading Da Fo Xiang, one raised upon a wooden plinth and fitted to take electricity, height 15.5 cm and 18.5 cm.
A Chinese part biscuit porcelain figure of Guan Yin, 19th century, standing in Vitarka Mudra holding a pearl, her robes in dark turquoise glaze with an aubergine sash, an acolyte standing by her feet with aubergine hair bun and clothing, all standing upon a Buddhist lion, height 30.5 cm. CONDITION REPORT: All the fingertips on her right hand have been chipped off as has the item within that hand. The attendant by her side has been broken off and re-attached at the feet. Otherwise all is in good order with no further obvious faults, flaws or restorations visible.
A Chinese carved wood figure of a lady, 19th century, dressed in red and gilt robes and holding a covered pot, her black hair tied into pigtails and standing upon a carved rock work type base, height 31 cm. CONDITION REPORT: The images on the website show the majority of the Gesso decoration on the face has rubbed down to the natural wood. The colour of the robes is faded, the applied decoration is mostly erased. A 4 cm section of sash is missing to the sash tied around her middle. There is a 13 cm long crack running from the base of her neck to her buttock. There is a 5 cm split to the base which runs up to her feet. The extent of the discolouration and loss can be seen from the images and highlights the cracks visible.
An impressive and finely detailed model of a gypsy caravan by Bruce Coombes. A wooden model of a traditional Romani caravan with substantial and realistic decoration both inside and out. The model features opening doors, sash windows, shutters, cupboards and other movable parts. The roof is removable to show the decoration inside including fixtures and fittings; paintwork, cooking range/stove, pots, kettles, oil lamps, candle sticks, tin bath, paintings, bed furniture, soft furnishings, glazed display cabinet and other home details. The model is housed in an elegant glazed wooden case with a plaque reading 'Model by Bruce Coombes'. Dimensions of case; length 1080mm, height 590mm and depth 440mm. VGC. £500-600
A rare and impressive Staffordshire pottery jug modelled as a chained bear with detachable head holding a baiting dog with open mouth as the spout set with a branch handle and moulded with a sash inscribed ‘Bears Grease’, well decorated in colours and pink lustre, circa 1820, 295mm high, restoration to bear’s head and the chain, (atkinsons, atkinson's, prattware, pot lid, potlid, advertising, barbers, barber's) * Bear baiting was a popular blood sport in Britain from the middle of the 16th century until it was banned by Parliament in 1835. Bear’s grease was a popular remedy from the middle of the 17th century until about the time of the Great War; the theory being that bears owed much of their thick and ample hair to the fat in their bodies and that the resultant grease was the perfect cure for hair loss suffered by human males.
A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF THE KING OF ROME, FRENCH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURYafter the portrait by Baron Gérard (François Pascal Gérard 1770-1837), the young ‘Aiglon’ shown reclining on green cushions wearing a white shirt with red sash clutching a sceptre to his chest, painted in enamels, with pink counter enamel, in a milled and beaded gilt-metal frame with suspension ringoval 4cmNapoleon François Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1811-1832), Prince Imperial, titular Emperor of the French as Napoleon II in 1815, was the son of Napoleon and his second wife, Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, known from birth as the King of Rome.
A Large Porcelain Basket from the Imperial Order of St Alexander Nevsky ServiceGARDNER MANUFACTORY, MOSCOW, 1777–1780Length 35.5 cm Provenance:Galerie Popoff: An Enduring Passion for Russian Art, Christie's London, 12-13 October 2009,lot 132. Of oval form, white centre with star of the order with “Za trud i otechestvo” motto in Cyrillic, pierced sides with red ribbon surrounded with pale green leaves, with moulded red moiré sash to the centre, with gilt rims and edges, with blue underglaze manufactory mark.
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