Continental School, 19th Century

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Continental School, 19th Century
King Louis XVIII, facing left in a blue coat with scarlet collar wearing the blue sash and badge of the French Royal Order of St. Louis
gilt frame with verre-eglomisé border and glazed reverse
3/4 in. (18 mm.) diam.; and a pair of decorative miniatures of King Louis XIV of France and a lady, possibly Louise de la Valliere: he, facing right wearing armour, blue sash and lace jabot, full bottomed curling wig; she, facing left in white dress, pearl necklace and fair hair in ringlets
paste frames with glazed reverses
ovals, 7/8 in. (23 mm.) high
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Lot Essay

Louis XVIII, (755-1824) was king of France from 1795. He was the younger brother of Louis XVI and married Princess Louise of Savoy in 1771.

Louis XIV (1638-1715) was king of France from 1643 and was known as 'The Sun King'. The reign of Louis had been the longest in European history. It was an age of French literature and art.

Louise Françoise de Labaume Leblanc, Duchesse de La Vallière (1644-1710) became Louis XIV's mistress in 1661 and bore him four children. She was superceded by Marquise de Montespan in 1647 and retired to a Carmelite nunnery in Paris.

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