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Orders of Parma, Constantinian Order of Saint George, Plate LI, 1844
$330
€295 · £250
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1844
- Technique
- Wood Engraving
- Coloring
- Hand colored
- Condition
- Good. Light wear to the bottom left, bottom right and top left corners. Age toning, darker at the edges; handling soiling along the edges and scattered foxing in the margins. Small light flecks in the image, otherwise clean.
- Collection
- Uniforms & regiments
- Era
- 1816 to 1899, Empire and industry
- Stock no.
- BG-13055-58
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
This is an original antique wood engraving, colored by hand, showing the insignia of the Constantinian Order of Saint George as given under Parma. Items 1, 2 and 6 are red crosses with flared, pointed ends edged in gold, each crossed by a gold saltire that forms the Greek letter Chi, with a P on the upper arm; item 1 is set on silver rays. Item 3, at the lower left, is the cross hung from a crown on a blue ribbon, with a gold figure of Saint George on horseback spearing the dragon below it. In the center, item 5 is a section of collar: the red cross inside a gold laurel wreath with the Saint George pendant, joined by gold rosettes to smaller red crosses with blue centers bearing the Chi Rho monogram. At the lower right, item 4 is the cross under a crown on a blue ribbon.
The running head reads "PARME." and the plate number "LI." The upright of the crosses is lettered I, P, I and S from top to bottom; the crossbar carries an Alpha and an Omega either side of the center, an H at the right end and a letter drawn on its side at the left end, and the gold saltire and the P together make the Chi Rho monogram. Items are numbered below in small figures.
The plate comes from Ordres de Chevalerie et Marques d'Honneur, published by Auguste Wahlen at Brussels, Librairie Historique-Artistique, rue de Schaerbeek, 12, in 1844; the half title reads Histoire, costumes, décorations de tous les ordres de chevalerie, et marques d'honneur. Auguste Wahlen was the pen name of the Belgian writer Jean-François-Nicolas Loumyer (1801 to 1875), and the title page lists his own knighthoods in orders of Prussia, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Hanover, Greece, the Roman States, Saxe-Coburg and Brazil. The plates are relief prints, wood engravings colored by hand with watercolor.
The repeated red crosses and the gold Saint George give the plate a strong, almost heraldic pattern that reads well from across a room.
Condition: Light wear to the bottom left, bottom right and top left corners. Age toning, darker at the edges; handling soiling along the edges and scattered foxing in the margins. Small light flecks in the image, otherwise clean.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
