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I purchased this lovely item through an online auction. I do not know much about it except that it depicts a double headed eagle crest in a damascene setting. If anyone has info about this, please let me know! Thanks
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Hi,
It was made in Toledo, Spain.
Compare with this
http://www.bagthejewels.co.uk/double-headed-eagle-on-cufflinks---toledo-spanish-work-circa-1960s---1970s---sold-1925-p.asp
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Well done Ivan!
Hi Ivan!
Thank you so much for taking the time to help me identify this item! And including a link with some great info! It is greatly appreciated :)
Could also be Serbian or Ruskie as it isn't an exact match to any of the 3.
Thank you @blunderbuss2. I appreciate your input and will look into it :)
Neither of them (no four flint strikers for Serbia and no King`s crown, Russian Eagle has St George, no imperial crown, the shield is not divided). The link I gave shows exactly the same work of incrustation gold of Toledo,Spain).
The double headed eagle goes back to ancient times with many minor variations. The Serbian & Montenegro eagles do have the strikers but this more closely resembles the Byzantine or flag of the Greek Orthodox Church. The symbol of the striker that I am familiar with is the shape of a squares off "C" in this form & reversed. This could go on & on & on as artisans add their little differences also.
The style of the double eagle is Holy Roman Empire. The arms in the center are Spanish, Castile and Leone, so this would be a time when one of the Spanish Kings was the Holy Roman Emperor.