THE ORDER OF THE CINCINNATI: AN AMERICAN ENAMELED GOLD EAGLE - photo 1
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THE ORDER OF THE CINCINNATI: AN AMERICAN ENAMELED GOLD EAGLE

Starting price
$ 2 000
Auction dateClassic
20.01.2023 10:00UTC -04:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
USA, New York
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ID 883880
Lot 600 | THE ORDER OF THE CINCINNATI: AN AMERICAN ENAMELED GOLD EAGLE
THE ORDER OF THE CINCINNATI: AN AMERICAN ENAMELED GOLD EAGLE

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AFTER 1920

Obv. head to left, opaque white enamel head, neck and tail, partly black beak and black eye centered by gilt dot, neck with tufted gilt feathers, tail with cluster of short feathers at top and with elongated feathers below, thin branches cross middle of tail, medallion with three senators presenting sword to Cincinnatus with pale blue opaque enamel ground, motto in large gilt lettering OMNIA RELINQUIT SERVARE REMPUBLICAM* on white ground, with wreath of green enamel feathers above

Rev. with tail divided into seven distinct feathers, medallion with Cincinnatus, rising sun, Fame above and ships and buildings behind, the lower medallion with two clasped hands above a ribbon, the motto SOCIETAS CINCINNATORUM INSTITUTA : A:D : 1783 : on white ground

The wings cast and chased, a plain fixed suspension loop attached to top of wreath, with double ring and larger, plain ring for a ribbon above;

Together with a length of blue and white silk ribbon

51 mm. high, to top of first ring; 36 in. (91.4 cm.) long, the ribbon





Exhibited

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, long term loan, 2009-2022.
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