Vittorio Emanuele I, King of Sardinia (1759-1824), in uniform with epaulette, hair en queue, surrounded by a garland of flowers and leaves: the background circumscribed 'VITTORIO EMANVELE RE DI SARDEGN[A]' and his wife, Maria Teresa, in dress with frilled collar, plumes in her turban headgear, surrounded by a garland of flowers and leaves; the background circumscribed 'MARI TERESA D'AUSTRIA REGINA DI SARDEGNA'

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TWO CARVED IVORY PROFILES, ITALIAN, CIRCA 1820
Vittorio Emanuele I, King of Sardinia (1759-1824), in uniform with epaulette, hair en queue, surrounded by a garland of flowers and leaves: the background circumscribed 'VITTORIO EMANVELE RE DI SARDEGN[A]' and his wife, Maria Teresa, in dress with frilled collar, plumes in her turban headgear, surrounded by a garland of flowers and leaves; the background circumscribed 'MARI TERESA D'AUSTRIA REGINA DI SARDEGNA'
3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm.) and 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) diam., ormolu oak and berry leaf mounts within rectangular black wood frames, the former surmounted by a coronet (2)

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Lot Essay

Vittorio Emanuele (1759-1824), third son of Vittorio Amedo III (1726-1796) and his wife, Maria Antonietta (1729-1785), youngest daughter of Felipe V, King of Spain, succeeded his brother Carlo Emanuele IV as King of Sardinia in 1802. He married Maria Teresa (1773-1832), eldest daughter of Ferdinando, Duke of Modena, Archduke of Austria in 1789 and had issue.

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