Lot Essay
The Parisian goldsmith Antoine Torlet struck his mark in 1798 and is last mentioned in the Almanach Azur in 1816.
Details
JEAN PETITOT, circa 1680
Louis XIV (1638-1715), King of France 1643-1715, wearing a brown full-bottomed wig and a white lace collar; blue background; enamel on gold, oval -- 21 mm high, slightly rubbed in the right-hand border; fine rectangular chased silver-gilt mount within a blue-enamelled gold border, on a damaged gold-lined black bonbonnière by Antoine Torlet, Paris 1809-1819 (87 mm diam.)
Louis XIV (1638-1715), King of France 1643-1715, wearing a brown full-bottomed wig and a white lace collar; blue background; enamel on gold, oval -- 21 mm high, slightly rubbed in the right-hand border; fine rectangular chased silver-gilt mount within a blue-enamelled gold border, on a damaged gold-lined black bonbonnière by Antoine Torlet, Paris 1809-1819 (87 mm diam.)