Lot Essay
Cf. Aileen Dawson, French Porcelain, A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection (1994), p. 194, no. 157 for a similar medallion of Marie-Antoinette with a green ground.
18TH CENTURY, THE FIRST WITH BLUE INTERLACED L MARK, THE SECOND INSCRIBED FAUYAN
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A Sèvres (hard paste) portrait medallion of Louis XVI and a French green-dipped circular medallion of Louis XVI
18th century, the first with blue interlaced L mark, the second inscribed Fauyan
The first with a biscuit portrait in profile to the right on a biscuit ground within a glazed self-moulded frame edged in gilding, pierced for hanging (very minor rubbing to gilding), 3in. (7.5cm.) diam.; the second with a similar bust portrait in profile to the right on a slightly domed sage-green ground, 2½in. (6.5cm.) diam. (2)
18th century, the first with blue interlaced L mark, the second inscribed Fauyan
The first with a biscuit portrait in profile to the right on a biscuit ground within a glazed self-moulded frame edged in gilding, pierced for hanging (very minor rubbing to gilding), 3in. (7.5cm.) diam.; the second with a similar bust portrait in profile to the right on a slightly domed sage-green ground, 2½in. (6.5cm.) diam. (2)