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Orders of Portugal, Badge of the Three Military Orders, Plate LVI, 1844
£240
$320 · €285
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 and top left corners. Age toning, darker at the edges; handling soiling along the edges and scattered foxing in the margins. Printed image clean.
- Collection
- Uniforms & regiments
- Era
- 1816 to 1899, Empire and industry
- Stock no.
- BG-13055-63
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 insignia of the Portuguese military orders. At the upper left, item 2 is a silver breast star with a flaming red heart and a cross above it, and at its gold-bordered center the red cross of the Order of Christ above the red sword-shaped cross of Santiago and the green fleury cross of Aviz. At the upper right, item 3 is a similar star with the green fleury cross alone at its center. In the middle, item 1 is a crowned oval gold badge worked with acanthus, set with three small ovals holding the same three crosses, on a ribbon in red, green and purple. Below, items 4 and 5 are green fleury crosses on green ribbons, item 4 hung beneath a small gold star with the flaming heart.
The running head reads "PORTUGAL" and the plate number "LVI." The pieces carry no inscriptions; they are numbered 1 to 5 in small figures below. The three crosses, the cross of Christ with its inner white cross, the sword cross of Santiago and the green fleury cross of Aviz, are the long-established emblems of these three orders.
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 green ribbons and the gold three-order badge make an attractive, balanced plate that suits any collection of Iberian subjects.
Condition: Light wear to the bottom left and top left corners. Age toning, darker at the edges; handling soiling along the edges and scattered foxing in the margins. Printed image 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.
