Lot Essay
Louis XVII (1785-95) was the titular king of France from 1793. He became king, in name only, in prison on the execution of his father in 1793.
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French School, after Kucharski
The Dauphin, later King Louis XVII, facing left in blue coat and white shirt with frilled collar, wearing a medal and the breast-star of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost, long brown hair
with signature 'Delaporte', mounted on the lid of an ivory bonbonnière
1¾ in. (45 mm.) diam.
The Dauphin, later King Louis XVII, facing left in blue coat and white shirt with frilled collar, wearing a medal and the breast-star of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost, long brown hair
with signature 'Delaporte', mounted on the lid of an ivory bonbonnière
1¾ in. (45 mm.) diam.