{"title":"Brooches","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"alexander-the-great-by-cerbara","title":"Alexander the Great by Cerbara","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eA superb hardstone cameo of Alexander the Great, signed Cerbara\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eBy Giuseppe Cerbara (1770-1856).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAs there were at least three Cerbara engraving gems, Grandfather, his son and grandson, all using the same signature, it is usually difficult to differentiate between the possible artist. However, in this case the provenance, and thus specific artist, is clear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eMounted in a gold fine collet as a brooch c.1810\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of 12 gems commissioned by Pierre-Louis Jean Casimir, Count of Blacas d'Aulps (10 January 1771 – 17 November 1839)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eP. Hoogendijk (Netherlands?)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliography:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaoletti, tomo VI, cassetto 7, #274\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e”Un Academico di Merito di San Luca - Giuseppe Cerbara”, by Silvana de Caro Balbi, 1974, p.25 #4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThere are two cameos by Cerbara in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eOne is Alexander the Great, \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003edescribed in Paoletti as a replica of this gem\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehttps:\/\/www.khm.at\/objektdb\/detail\/74369\/?offset=1\u0026amp;lv=list\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThough it is notable that my example is substantially larger and better, it really is lovely in the hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThe other Hercules: 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jewellery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eA platinum and gold six-pointed star brooch by Ernest Leblanc, Paris c.1880\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eApproximately 60mm diameter, 38.7 grams gross weight\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThe star itself is a highly evocative romantic piece of jewellery, the platinum emulating the light of a morning star. The front has an applied decoration of very finely executed chased gold and platinum convolvulus flowers and leaves, representing bonds of affection, alongside a nightingale symbolising love, virtue, and goodness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThe face of the star is a 0.7mm thick platinum plate, XRF tested to have a composition of 98.85% platinum combined with 1.15% copper. This plate is supported by a gold frame with French gold standard poinçon and the manufacturer’s mark of Ernest Leblanc\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eErnest Leblanc’s mark was registered in Paris on 4th June 1873 and crossed off on 6th March 1886\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eLeblanc (b. Jan 12 1830) was known as a “theatrical armourer and jeweller” as well as a civil engineer. In 1864 he succeeded Edouard Granger as head of the most prominent French theatrical jewellery, weapons, and armour company, located at 11 Boulevard Saint-Martin, which became known as Leblanc-Granger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAs the head of Leblanc-Granger, Leblanc exhibited at various expositions; In 1867 he won a silver medal in the joaillerie-bijouterie class for his historical jewels, won a medal of progress at the 1873 Universal Exhibition in Vienna and a gold medal at the 1878 Universal Exhibition in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eLeblanc-Granger is recorded as making ‘reproductions of historical jewellery in gilded copper, silver, and gold, and jewellery for theatrical use’. 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The relationship became somewhat sensational and “and rumours circulated that there was something improper in their relationship”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eThe regard with which he was held by the queen is demonstrated by the her mourning at his death, by this brooch, a gift to one of those close to her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eVictoria also commissioned a life-size bronze statue of him, erected in the grounds of Balmoral, with the inscription;\u003cbr\u003e\"Friend more than Servant. Loyal. Truthful. Brave. 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