Two Sevres white biscuit portrait busts of King Louis XVIII and the duchesse de Berri

CIRCA 1820, BOTH WITH INDISTICT IMPRESSED SEVRES MARKS, INCISED 3.9 BRE DS. AND MAS FOR MASCRET

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Two Sevres white biscuit portrait busts of King Louis XVIII and the duchesse de Berri
Circa 1820, both with indistict impressed Sevres marks, incised 3.9 bre DS. and Mas for Mascret
He turned slightly to the left, his hair en queue, in military uniform with the badges of the Ordre du Saint-Esprit, the Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louis and the Légion d'Honneur, she turned slightly to the right, her hair elaborately dressed and wearing a jewelled diadem (he with minute chip to nose, slight chipping to sash and hair ribbon, she with chipping to lace edge of dress, small chip to front of base) on waisted square walnut bases
He 11 in. (28 cm.) and she 12 (30.5 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Jean Mascret was a sculpteur-répareur at Sèvres from 1810 to 1848.
Louis Bourbon (1755-1824), Count of Provence and later King Louis XVIII of France, was the son of Louis and Maria Josepha of Saxony, and the younger brother of King Louis XVI (of France). In 1771 he married Louisa of Savoy. He was installed as King by the victorious allies in 1814, but on Napoleon's return from Elba in 1815 he fled to Ghent for the Hundred Days, resuming his position as King in August 1815. (Also see the footnote for lot 132).

Marie-Caroline de bourbon, la duchesse de Berri, was the daughter of Franois I, King of the Two-Sicilies. She married Charles, duc de Berri (the second son of Charles X) who was assasinated by Louvel in 1820. At the time of the assassination she was pregnant with the comte de Chambourd (Henri V), who was the last descendant of the ancient branch of the House of Bourbon.

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