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Lot 2078

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Starting price 6,000 CHF
Result 6,000 CHF

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Description

Pectoral cross of a canon in gold n. d. (2nd half of 18th cent.). Crown and coulant set with small diamonds. Without ribbon. Obv. St. Michael in gold on blue enamel, Rev. Initials BCF in gold on blue enamel over DCCXX. 20.20 g. Schweizer Archiv für Heraldik, Jahrgang XL, 1926, Nr.1, pag. 36ff. Of highest rarity. Finest production quality and best possible conservation. Only specimen in the trade.

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In 1786 the convent chapter passed a resolution ordering the purchase of 21 convent crosses. These were delivered in 1787, the purchase price being paid by the individual canons. The ornamentation with diamonds, as on this specimen must have been made by special order of a certain canon. The decoration with diamonds is not mentioned in the archives, nor in any specimen noted in the literature. It was probably the property of the Prior.
Ex Auction 143 Frankfurter Münzhandlung 1994, lot 748.
Ex Auction 72 UBS AG 2007, lot 299.