Rare Shell Cameo Of The Italian Crown Prince, Naples Around 1890 And Later

Il Principe Ereditario D'Italia

Rare Shell Cameo Of The Italian Crown Prince, Naples Around 1890 And Later

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This ring was created around 1890 and bears the finely carved portrait of the future King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. He is depicted here as the heir to the throne, Il Principe Vittorio Emanuele Ferdinando Maria Gennaro di Savoia, Principe Ereditario d'Italia, and thus in a phase of his life before his long and politically turbulent reign. Accordingly, he is depicted young, with a full head of hair, but already with his characteristic moustache, which he was to wear for the rest of his life. The depiction is carved in relief into the shell of a sea snail and thus appears as a raised cameo, such as those carved in the Bay of Naples and especially in the town of Torre del Greco. Carved out of the natural layering of the limestone shell, the light relief stands out vividly against the darker background and gives the half-figure a sculptural presence. Victor Emmanuel III, who was born in Naples in 1869 and died in exile in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1947, belonged to the House of Savoy and ruled Italy from 1900 to 1946. His reign came at a time of profound political upheaval. After the First World War, he tolerated Mussolini's seizure of power and the establishment of the fascist dictatorship, from which he only turned his back in 1943 in the wake of the Allied landing in Sicily and whose overthrow he ultimately supported. Three years later, he abdicated in favor of his son Umberto II. It is a rare Italian cameo from the late 19th century with the portrait of a historically ambivalent personality whose life is closely linked to the political developments in Europe in the 20th century. The ring is therefore an exciting piece of jewellery, also because it was apparently imported to England in the course of its history and received a new ring band there. The ring band shows the date letter for 1917. The ring came to us with the Italian heir to the throne from the Rhineland.

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Il Principe Ereditario D'Italia

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