A family portrait badge of Grand Duke Nikolai Pavlovich, circa 1826-1832

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£ 35 000
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09.06.2021 14:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 96 | A family portrait badge of Grand Duke Nikolai Pavlovich, circa 1826-1832
A family portrait badge of Grand Duke Nikolai Pavlovich, circa 1826-1832



Oval, surmounted by the Russian Imperial Crown, in silver, gold, set with pastes imitating diamonds, the reverse with translucent blue enamel, the miniature painted on ivory by Thomas Wright after paintings by George Dawe with the portrait of Grand Duke Nikolai Pavlovich, later Emperor Nicholas I, in uniform mounted in an openwork gold and paste setting, the portrait inscribed to the left with 'peint par Wright d'après Dawe R.A', surmounted with a crown set with further pastes, the back in blue guilloché enamel, apparently unmarked, fitted with suspension loop for wearing supporting an old pale blue grosgrain ribbon

height 7.8cm, 3in.
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