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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 325455, member: 5833"]OK, so piece is modern enough to be marked. (Using 'modern' to mean just post-Renaissance.)</p><p>It is no cheap copy of something.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not clear to me whether we are seeing the complete hands & anything that might have been in them. To me the position of hands/arms looks like figure should be holding something, but not necessarily. If scales & sword, imagine artisan was thinking 'La Justice' rather than ‘La Témis’.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, as AJ said, eyes are not covered. I still think it is a crown, maybe with some hair showing on the brow. Was comparing heads on each side & thought at first that they were a little different from one another & not molded. Reconsidered, I think now that there is a little bit of damage to the hair, gold missing, from both, making them look not the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kept going back & forth comparing little details of the sleeves & robe. Despite crude modeling, they have been cast from a mold. I can only think the mold was taken from something much older, not original for this piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know only a little about the numismatics world, & that about coins, not medals. I do know a fair bit about the world of glyptics (engraved gems). One thing I know about both is that great age adds significant value for collectors, beyond the value of the materials & workmanship. The market is flooded with 'Imperial Roman' rings, made from gold cast from a mold taken from a genuine antiquity & set with an engraved gem copied from, or in the style of, the antique. (The bottom fell out of the engraved gem market in the 19th century due to the flood of fakes.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I think you have to consider that possibility here. The star part is consistent with 19th century work. The enamel is a Renaissance touch. The figure resembles many shown on this <a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/lexanderdebre/medieval-seals/?lp=true" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/lexanderdebre/medieval-seals/?lp=true" rel="nofollow">Pinterest board of medieval medals</a>. Could be a high quality fraud.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 325455, member: 5833"]OK, so piece is modern enough to be marked. (Using 'modern' to mean just post-Renaissance.) It is no cheap copy of something. Not clear to me whether we are seeing the complete hands & anything that might have been in them. To me the position of hands/arms looks like figure should be holding something, but not necessarily. If scales & sword, imagine artisan was thinking 'La Justice' rather than ‘La Témis’. However, as AJ said, eyes are not covered. I still think it is a crown, maybe with some hair showing on the brow. Was comparing heads on each side & thought at first that they were a little different from one another & not molded. Reconsidered, I think now that there is a little bit of damage to the hair, gold missing, from both, making them look not the same. Kept going back & forth comparing little details of the sleeves & robe. Despite crude modeling, they have been cast from a mold. I can only think the mold was taken from something much older, not original for this piece. I know only a little about the numismatics world, & that about coins, not medals. I do know a fair bit about the world of glyptics (engraved gems). One thing I know about both is that great age adds significant value for collectors, beyond the value of the materials & workmanship. The market is flooded with 'Imperial Roman' rings, made from gold cast from a mold taken from a genuine antiquity & set with an engraved gem copied from, or in the style of, the antique. (The bottom fell out of the engraved gem market in the 19th century due to the flood of fakes.) I think you have to consider that possibility here. The star part is consistent with 19th century work. The enamel is a Renaissance touch. The figure resembles many shown on this [URL='https://www.pinterest.co.uk/lexanderdebre/medieval-seals/?lp=true']Pinterest board of medieval medals[/URL]. Could be a high quality fraud.[/QUOTE]
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