TWO LOUIS XVI POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TORTOISESHELL ROUNDELS**

CIRCA 1785, ONE SIGNED, THE OTHER ATTRIBUTED TO COMPIGN

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TWO LOUIS XVI POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TORTOISESHELL ROUNDELS**
Circa 1785, one signed, the other attributed to Compign
Each carved in relief with a harbor scene, one inscribed PORT DE BORDEAUX VU DU/QUAI DES FARINES and framed in a contemporary gilt-bronze circular frame with ring-handle, the other inscribed Premiere vue de Marseille execute sur le tour par Compignie Tourneur du Roi A PARIS d'APRES LE TABLEAU ORIGINAL de M. Vernet Peintre de sa Majeste
The framed example 3in. (9.5cm.) diameter including frame, the unframed 2in. (6cm.) diameter (2)

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Thomas Compign, tabletier du Roi in 1773

Compign is known to have signed his works Compignie, as in the current example. Two plaquettes by Compign with identical views of Bordeaux and Marseilles are illustrated in 'Compign: Peintre et Tabletier du Roy', Villa Muse Fragonard, Exhibition Catalogue, June-July 1991, p. 69, no. 1 and p. 76 no. 11 respectively.

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