Silver - Day One - 19th July 2011

Lot 199

An architectural Society's Badge of Office

Estimate £60 - £80 | Hammer £240

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Description

An architectural Society's Badge of Office, in silver, gilt and enamel, a nimbate figure of St Barbara seated in gothic throne with palm branch measuring plan with a pair of dividers, motto on scroll to left and right, ONE SOCIETY - ONE ARCHITECT, rose-like suspender with monogram, 124 x 63mm; with separate enamelled button-hole badge of rampant lion, Birmingham Hallmark 1899, maker Hardman, Powell & Co. Extremely fine. Plus an onyx paperweight with a silver applied scene of Villa Olmo, Como, length 12cm. (2)