AN EMPIRE REVIVAL AGATE DESK WEIGHT, UNMARKED, PROBABLY FRENCH, CIRCA 1880-1900

AN EMPIRE REVIVAL AGATE DESK WEIGHT UNMARKED, PROBABLY FRENCH, CIRCA 1880-1900 The rectangular agate weight applied with a shell cameo of the Three Graces by Alphonse Remy, signed A. Remy, in a green enamel mount, beneath a red enamel Couronne de Comte (Count's Coronet) within laurel fronds, supported below by a French Imperial Eagle seated on a bundle of crossed thunderbolts 15cm long Alphonse Remy was a distinguished master gem carver who worked in Paris at the end of the 19th century. He was a regular exhibitor at the Salon des Artistes Français. He appears to have died in his 80s in Versailles in 1910. Condition Report: The cameo has a crack right across the top and a smaller crack at 9 o'clock. The cameo has a lot of surface rubbing and has lost some definition. No apparent damage or losses to the enamel. No cracks to the agate, although there is a natural surface reaching inclusion to the back. One small chip to the bottom left hand corner, and nicks to the other corners. Condition Report Disclaimer, AN EMPIRE REVIVAL AGATE DESK WEIGHT, AN EMPIRE REVIVAL AGATE DESK WEIGHT UNMARKED, PROBABLY FRENCH, CIRCA 1880-1900 The rectangular agate weight applied with a shell cameo of the Three Graces by Alphonse Remy, signed A. Remy, in a green enamel mount, beneath a red enamel Couronne de Comte (Count's Coronet) within laurel fronds, supported below by a French Imperial Eagle seated on a bundle of crossed thunderbolts 15cm long Alphonse Remy was a distinguished master gem carver who worked in Paris at the end of the 19th century. He was a regular exhibitor at the Salon des Artistes Français. He appears to have died in his 80s in Versailles in 1910. Condition Report:, The cameo has a crack right across the top and a smaller crack at 9 o'clock. The cameo has a lot of surface rubbing and has lost some definition. No apparent damage or losses to the enamel. No cracks to the agate, although there is a natural surface reaching inclusion to the back. One small chip to the bottom left hand corner, and nicks to the other corners. Condition Report Disclaimer

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