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JEAN PETITOT, circa 1680
Louis XIV (1638-1715), King of France 1643-1715, with full-bottomed dark wig and slight moustache, wearing an embroidered white lace collar; blue background; enamel on gold, oval -- 19 mm high, minor chip to right-hand border, rectangular chased gold mount within a blue enamelled gold border, on the cover of a gold-lined black bonbonnière by Antoine Torlet, Paris 1809-1819 (84 mm diam.)
Louis XIV (1638-1715), King of France 1643-1715, with full-bottomed dark wig and slight moustache, wearing an embroidered white lace collar; blue background; enamel on gold, oval -- 19 mm high, minor chip to right-hand border, rectangular chased gold mount within a blue enamelled gold border, on the cover of a gold-lined black bonbonnière by Antoine Torlet, Paris 1809-1819 (84 mm diam.)