JAMES TASSIE CHARLES TOWNLEY Esq 18th INTAGLIO PASTE SEAL/FOB SILVER DOG HEAD.

Description

FOR SALE...!
XRARE AND REALLY A MUSEUM PIECE
POSSIBLY RELATED TO SIR CHARLES TOWNLEY Esq. GREAT ANTIQUE COLLECTOR.
SILVER DOG FOB WITH PASTE OF A BOAR RISSING FROM HIS LAIR IN THE FOREST, SIGNED BELOW ( OAP) IN GREEK
SIMILAR TO JAMES TASSIE NUMBER 12992 CORNELIAN FROM Ld. Alg. Percy
(SIR CHARLES TOWNLEY AND HIS DOG )
Charles Townley
FRS
(1 October 1737 – 3 January 1805
[1]
) was a wealthy English country gentleman, antiquary and collector. He travelled on three Grand Tours to Italy, buying antique sculpture, vases, coins, manuscripts and Old Master drawings and paintings. Many of the most important pieces from his collection, especially the
Townley Marbles
(or
Towneley Marbles
) are now in the British Museum's Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. The marbles were overshadowed at the time, and still today, by the
Elgin Marbles
.
SIZE FOB: 1  1/2  INCHES HIGH BY 1  INCHES WIDE ABOUT
SIZE SEAL:  5/8  INCHES  BY  1/2  INCHES
CONDITION IS EXCELLENT FOR AGE WITH JUST OF ONE OF THE DOG HEAR CUT/BROKEN IN PART,
BUT THAT IS REALLY NOT DISTURBING THE RARETY OF THIS STUNNING ITEM.
XRARE AND REALLY FOR SERIOUS COLLECTORS OF TASSIE GEM OR HUNTERS RELATED ITEMS
POSSIBLY FROM AN IMPORTANT ANTIQUARIAN COLLECTION SIR CHARLES TOWNLEY Esq.
ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK BEFORE BIDDING.
PLEASE WAIT FOR THE INVOICE AS SHIPPING MIGHT BE LOWER OR HIGHER DEPENDING OF YOUR COUNTRY.....!
GOOD BIDDING OR BUYIT NOW...!
SERIOUS OFFERS WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED...!