Design for a Badge of the Tuscan Order of St. Stephen, Pen and sepia ink, brush and gray, red watercolor on paper, Jewelry design for a badge of the order of St. Stephen. An eight-pointed cross is enamelled in red, with bordering white stripes, in the angles four lilies. The uppermost points support a royal crown, hanging from a support, consisting of three parts. Above, a knot with two stems, each with a blossom, a bead and leaves, and a central blossom. Below the interlaced ends of the ribbon a smaller knot with a similar blossom in the center, one end of which is suspended; below is a kind of a ring from which two entwined ribbons are springing, ending at the globe of the crown. Bevelled corners., probably Tuscany, Italy, ca. 1710–80, jewelry, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Badge, Tuscan Order, St, Stephen, Pen, sepia ink, brush, gray, red watercolor, paper, Jewelry design, badge, order, St, Stephen, eight-pointed cross, enamelled, red, bordering white stripes, angles four lilies, uppermost points support, royal crown, hanging, support, consisting, three parts, knot, two stems, blossom, bead, leaves, central blossom, interlaced ends, ribbon, smaller knot, blossom, center, suspended, kind, ring, two entwined ribbons, springing, ending, globe, crown, Bevelled corners, Tuscany, Italy, ca, 1710–80, jewelry, Drawing, Drawing
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