Details
On shaped oval domed base chased with panels of shells and scrolling foliage on a matted ground, the stem cast and chased as a kneeling Native American with feathered headdress and with his hands upraised to support a detachable later English Marquess' coronet, the base engraved with later inscription GAGE D'AMITIÉ 17 Janr 1828, apparently unmarked
712 in. (19.1 cm.) high
13 oz. 10 dwt. (420 gr.)
Provenance
Charles Stewart (1778-1854), 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, thence by descent until sold,
Christie's, Geneva, 19 May 1998, lot 153.
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The coronet is likely to be from a tipstaff used at the Coronation of either King George IV of England in 1820 or his successor, William IV in 1830, and presented to Charles Stewart (1778-1854), 3rd Marquess of Londonderry.

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