A pair of miniatures of King Louis XVI (1754-1793), in profile to sinister, wearing a curled wig with long coils; and Queen Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793) in profile to dexter, low-cut dress, fleurs-de-lys embroidered cloak, pearl necklace, wearing a plumed hat with rope of pearls in her curled hair; both en grisaille on blue ground
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A pair of miniatures of King Louis XVI (1754-1793), in profile to sinister, wearing a curled wig with long coils; and Queen Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793) in profile to dexter, low-cut dress, fleurs-de-lys embroidered cloak, pearl necklace, wearing a plumed hat with rope of pearls in her curled hair; both en grisaille on blue ground
each with signature 'F. H. Villiers' (below the truncation)
rectangular with canted corners, 2¼ x 1 13/16 in. (57 x 46 mm.), engraved gilt-metal frames within abalone shell border, the reverse set with engraved abalone shell and mother-of-pearl panels centred with the crowned initials of the sitters (2)
A pair of miniatures of King Louis XVI (1754-1793), in profile to sinister, wearing a curled wig with long coils; and Queen Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793) in profile to dexter, low-cut dress, fleurs-de-lys embroidered cloak, pearl necklace, wearing a plumed hat with rope of pearls in her curled hair; both en grisaille on blue ground
each with signature 'F. H. Villiers' (below the truncation)
rectangular with canted corners, 2¼ x 1 13/16 in. (57 x 46 mm.), engraved gilt-metal frames within abalone shell border, the reverse set with engraved abalone shell and mother-of-pearl panels centred with the crowned initials of the sitters (2)