Two French sulphide portrait medallions

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Two French sulphide portrait medallions
possibly Martoret, of the Duchesse de Berry and George IV each enclosed against a strawberry-diamond ground within circular moulded frames -- 3¼in. (8.4cm.) diam., early 19th century (2)

Lot Essay

C.f Paul Jokelson, Sulphides, p.60 fig.53 for an example of a portrait medallion with a similar border

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