THE ORDER OF THE CINCINNATI: AN AMERICAN ENAMELED GOLD EAGLE

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20.01.2023 10:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 599 | THE ORDER OF THE CINCINNATI: AN AMERICAN ENAMELED GOLD EAGLE
THE ORDER OF THE CINCINNATI: AN AMERICAN ENAMELED GOLD EAGLE

ATTRIBUTED TO BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1905

Obv. head to left, enameled in white with gilt tufted feathers at neck, red dot eye and white beak, with white talons and eight white tail feathers, with crossed leafy branches and wreath above in opaque light green enamel, the medallion with three senators presenting a sword to Cincinnatus, his wine in doorway of house behind, opaque blue enamel sky above, motto in gold letters on opaque white ground OMNIA : RELINQUIT : SERVARE : REMPUBLICAM *

Rev. broad tail with eight feathers with vertical gilt veining, medallion with Cincinnatus standing at plow with Fame above, ship, city, and rising sun behind, and with motto SOCIETAS : CINCINNATORUM : INSTITUTA : AD 1783 on white ground

Wings cast and chased, top of wreath with fixed twisted suspension loop, below large spiral loop behind blue and white ribbon hand-sewn to bar pin, with later presentation case by Toye & Co., London

43 mm. high, to top of the twisted loop





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