PORTUGUESE SCHOOL, circa 1785/1790

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PORTUGUESE SCHOOL, circa 1785/1790

A pair of ring miniatures depicting João VI, King of Portugal, and his wife Carlota Joaquima, she with high-piled powdered hair and long coils, wearing a low-cut white lace bordered blue dress, decorated with the black badge of the Starry Cross Order, he with powdered wig and black wig-bag, wearing a gold-figured blue uniform with white lace collar, decorated with the jewel of the Golden Fleece and a red striped green sash; both rectangular with cut corners -- each 25 mm high, mounted in the rose-cut diamond-set bezels of a pair of gold rings, contained in a fitted brown plush-lined red morocco case with gilt-stamping. (2)

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John VI (1767-1826), son of Mary I and Peter III of Portugal, was successively Regent (1792-1816) and King of Portugal (1816-1826). In 1785, he married Doña Charlotte Joachima (1775-1830) of Spain, daughter of King Charles IV and Queen Maria-Luisa (see lot 365). John VI was surnamed "the Clement", and his peaceful character was totally different from that of his wife who inherited her mother's violence.

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