THE ORDER OF THE CINCINNATI: AN AMERICAN ENAMELED GOLD EAGLE

Lot 601
20.01.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 601 | THE ORDER OF THE CINCINNATI: AN AMERICAN ENAMELED GOLD EAGLE
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THE ORDER OF THE CINCINNATI: AN AMERICAN ENAMELED GOLD EAGLE

MARK OF BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SECOND QUARTER 20TH CENTURY

Obv. head left, of L’Enfant silhouette, the long neck and tail with opaque white enamel painted with gold feathers, with black beak and red dot eye, the tail divided into five continuous feathers, the wreath above with opaque green enamel leaves and red berries, the medallion with two senators presenting Cincinnatus with a sword, the motto OMNIA RELIQUIT SEVARE REMPUBLICAM* on an opaque white ground

Rev. as on obverse, medallion with Cincinnatus with plow and motto VIRT. PRAEM. .SOCI . CIN , RUM* on a white ground.

The gold wings cast and chased, with double small suspension ring below larger ring affixed to a blue and white tapered ribbon hand-sewn to a pin, obv. marked BB&B on top of wreath behind double suspension ring, rev marked 14K.

43 mm. high, to top of double suspension ring





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