The belt ornament of Zeus
PROVENANCE
By tradition Joséphine Bonaparte, Empress of France (1763- 1814);
Possibly acquired from the Empress Joséphine (or her estate)
by Lord Edward Lascelles, “ Beau Lascelles” (1764-1814);
Thence by descent to his grand-niece Catherine, Mrs Granville
Edwin Lloyd-Baker (1841-1890);
Thence by family descent to the present owner
EXHIBITED
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, on long term loan
(ref: LOAN:MET ANON.101&A-1968)
LITERATURE
For further research and illustrations of this lot please see:
Claire Phillip, Jewels and Jewellery, England, 2019, pg. 72-74
Shirley Bury, Jewellery 1789-1910, Volume I 1789-1861,
England, 1991, pg. 166
Geoffrey Munn, Tiaras A History of Splendour, England, 2001,
pg. 36-37
Mémoires de Mlle.Avrillion, première femme de chambre de
l’Imperatrice, ed.Maurice Dernelle, (1986)
De Pompeii à Malmaison: Les Antiques de l’Impératrice
Joséphine Exhibition catalogue, Malmaison 2009
France in Russia: Joséphine’s Malmaison Collection Exhibition
Catalogue, Courtauld Institute, London 2007
An Englishman in Paris, 1803, Journal of Bertie Greatheed, eds
J.Bury & J, Barry (1953)
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