SUPERB 1920's NYYC STEAM YACHT THALASSA ENAMELLED GOLD BELT BUCKLE BY A. LEROY

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Seller: vintageswisswatchco ✉️ (1,733) 100%, Location: Northampton, GB, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 371814251937 SUPERB 1920's NYYC STEAM YACHT THALASSA ENAMELLED GOLD BELT BUCKLE BY A. LEROY. Superb 1920s Auguste Leroy gilt and enamelled belt buckle of the Steam Yacht Thalassa, first registered to the Millionaire playboy Eugine Higgins of the New York Yacht Club. Thalassa was built in Clydesbank England 1924 and later in British Goverment service during WW2. Leroy being a top draw Parisian Jeweller and Silversmith would probably indicate that this was a privately comissioned piece for Higgins himself. In original fitted box marked Leroy, Paris. I initially thought it to be silver gilt owing to the softness of the material, but the camera has picked up what my eyes couldn't and that is the base metal is showing though on the piped edge and appears to be a coppery gold colour, probably either brass or some other copper alloy, but I suppose given it is by Auguste Leroy and made for a 1920's Millionaire it could be gold? To be on the safe side consider it Brass. Unusually for Leroy it is unsigned but the rear of the buckle would have been exposed to considerable friction and it may have been rubbed away. A rare thing indeed.
  • Condition: Excellent quality piece, slight wear to gilding at the edges. A few marks and rubbed corners on the back.
  • Object Type: Badges/ Crests

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