Lot Essay
Louis XVII (1755-1824) became King of France from 1795. In 1771 he married Princess Louise of Savoy
Details
French School, circa 1815
A young lady, in white dress with bows on her sleeves and at corsage, a comb in her upswept hair; landscape background (cracked)
mounted on the lid of a tortoiseshell-lined bonbonniére, the bottom stamped with fleur-de-lis, L monogram with crown and BOITE ROYALE DE FRANCE and ANNéE 1825
2½ in (63 mm.) diam.
A young lady, in white dress with bows on her sleeves and at corsage, a comb in her upswept hair; landscape background (cracked)
mounted on the lid of a tortoiseshell-lined bonbonniére, the bottom stamped with fleur-de-lis, L monogram with crown and BOITE ROYALE DE FRANCE and ANNéE 1825
2½ in (63 mm.) diam.
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