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Majestic Outfit - Scepter

Manuel Inácio de Loiola e Inácio Luíz da Costa1822/1822-12-01

Museu Imperial

Museu Imperial
Petrópolis, Brazil

Hollow staff formed by six articulated segments; on the upper side, a garland made up of oak leaves and fruits. A bell-shaped part of the capital ornate with stylized leaves; retangular abacus with divided angles also framed with stylized leaves upon which a serpent with spreaded wings, tail turned upward and open mouth, from which hangs a barbed and movable tongue. Eyes made of diamonds that were added at the time of the coronation of d. Pedro II; the lower part in the shape of leaves, with a carved moulding finished in the shape of a cap.

Hollow staff formed by six articulated segments; on the upper side, a garland made up of oak leaves and fruits. A bell-shaped part of the capital ornate with stylized leaves; retangular abacus with divided angles also framed with stylized leaves upon which a serpent with spreaded wings, tail turned upward and open mouth, from which hangs a barbed and movable tongue. Eyes made of diamonds that were added at the time of the coronation of d. Pedro II; the lower part in the shape of leaves, with a carved moulding finished in the shape of a cap.

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  • Title: Majestic Outfit - Scepter
  • Creator: Manuel Inácio de Loiola e Inácio Luíz da Costa, Manuel Inácio de Loiola e Inácio Luíz da Costa
  • Date Created: 1822/1822-12-01, 1822/1822-12-01
  • Location Created: Brazil, Brazil
  • Physical Dimensions: 200 x 17 cm, 200 x 17 cm
  • Provenance: Emblem used in the consecration and coronation of brazilian emperors; d. Pedro I in 1822 and d. Pedro II in 1841., Emblem used in the consecration and coronation of brazilian emperors; d. Pedro I in 1822 and d. Pedro II in 1841.
  • Type: Speter, Speter
  • Rights: Museu Imperial/Ibram/Minc, Museu Imperial/Ibram/Minc
  • Medium: Carved gold and bright, Carved gold and bright
  • Bibliographic References: Santos, Francisco Marques dos. A Ourivesaria no Brasil Antigo. In: Estudos Brasileiros, N° 12. p. 642, Santos, Francisco Marques dos. A Ourivesaria no Brasil Antigo. In: Estudos Brasileiros, N° 12. p. 642
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