Collector · Consul / diplomat

Constantino Ressman

d. 1899 · Italy

Italian Ambassador to France. Bought from Charles Maurice Camille de Talleyrand-Périgord, fourth duc de Dino.

Life and work

17 April 1898
Inventory records a pointed bassinet helmet 'trouvé à l'île de Chypre Famagusta (Dino)', added in Paris
ParisMerrillees 2009, p. 398
28 April 1898
Inventory records a gilt-copper sword-belt buckle with garnets, 6th/7th c., 'de Chypre (Dino)'
Merrillees 2009, p. 398
30 July 1898
At Montmorency, inventory records 'Quatre cuillieres du tresor trouve a Chypre et vendu au British Museum pour 12,500 fr, Ve siecle (Dino)': four spoons of the first Lambousa treasure. The entry is crossed out and annotated '(a Cosson)'. Merrillees says Ressman 'acquired' the four spoons from Dino at Montmorency in 1898 (p. 395) and that they later passed to Cosson. The 12,500 francs is the sale price to the BM (500 pounds at 25 francs to the pound, our arithmetic), not what Ressman paid.
MontmorencyMerrillees 2009, p. 398 Merrillees 2009, pp. 395-396
11 February 1898
Wrote to the American arms collector William H. Riggs (1837-1924, living in Paris) on 11 February 1898 that Dino was in Cairo and planned a side-trip to Cyprus, and on 15 April 1898 that he went 'pour y chercher des armes et n'y trouver qu'un morion rouille'.
ParisMerrillees 2009, p. 398

2 people

Four silver spoons of the first Lambousa treasure
From Lambousa30 July 1898Merrillees 2009, p. 398 Merrillees 2009, pp. 395-396