AN EMPIRE REVIVAL AGATE DESK WEIGHT, UNMARKED, PROBABLY FRENCH, CIRCA 1880-1900

AN EMPIRE REVIVAL AGATE DESK WEIGHT UNMARKED, PROBABLY FRENCH, CIRCA 1880-1900 The rectangular agate weight applied with a shell cameo of the Three Graces by Alphonse Remy, signed A. Remy, in a green enamel mount, beneath a red enamel Couronne de Comte (Count's Coronet) within laurel fronds, supported below by a French Imperial Eagle seated on a bundle of crossed thunderbolts 15cm long Alphonse Remy was a distinguished master gem carver who worked in Paris at the end of the 19th century. He was a regular exhibitor at the Salon des Artistes Français. He appears to have died in his 80s in Versailles in 1910. Condition Report: PLEASE NOTE: ALL LOTS ARE LOCATED AT SACKVILLE WEST STORAGE IN ANDOVER (SP10 3SA) AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO VIEW. The cameo has a crack right across the top and a smaller crack at 9 o'clock The cameo has a lot of surface rubbing and has lost some definition No apparent damage or losses to the enamel No cracks to the agate, although there is a natural surface reaching inclusion to the back One small chip to the bottom left hand corner, and nicks to the other corners ADDITIONAL IMAGES: Please 'Ask a Question' to request additional images for this lot. Condition Report Disclaimer, AN EMPIRE REVIVAL AGATE DESK WEIGHT, AN EMPIRE REVIVAL AGATE DESK WEIGHT UNMARKED, PROBABLY FRENCH, CIRCA 1880-1900 The rectangular agate weight applied with a shell cameo of the Three Graces by Alphonse Remy, signed A. Remy, in a green enamel mount, beneath a red enamel Couronne de Comte (Count's Coronet) within laurel fronds, supported below by a French Imperial Eagle seated on a bundle of crossed thunderbolts 15cm long Alphonse Remy was a distinguished master gem carver who worked in Paris at the end of the 19th century. He was a regular exhibitor at the Salon des Artistes Français. He appears to have died in his 80s in Versailles in 1910. Condition Report:, PLEASE NOTE: ALL LOTS ARE LOCATED AT SACKVILLE WEST STORAGE IN ANDOVER (SP10 3SA) AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO VIEW. PLEASE NOTE: ALL LOTS ARE LOCATED AT SACKVILLE WEST STORAGE IN ANDOVER (SP10 3SA) AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO VIEW. The cameo has a crack right across the top and a smaller crack at 9 o'clock The cameo has a lot of surface rubbing and has lost some definition No apparent damage or losses to the enamel No cracks to the agate, although there is a natural surface reaching inclusion to the back One small chip to the bottom left hand corner, and nicks to the other corners ADDITIONAL IMAGES: Please 'Ask a Question' to request additional images for this lot. ADDITIONAL IMAGES: Please 'Ask a Question' to request additional images for this lot. Ask a Question', Condition Report Disclaimer

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