A gilt-metal-mounted sulphide portrait plaque of Louis XVIII
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A gilt-metal-mounted sulphide portrait plaque of Louis XVIII

CIRCA 1820, PROBABLY BACCARAT

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A gilt-metal-mounted sulphide portrait plaque of Louis XVIII
CIRCA 1820, PROBABLY BACCARAT
Of circular section, enclosing the profile portrait of the King of France after Desprez, the reverse with diamond-cutting, with gilt-metal acanthus-leaf shaped clasp with ring for suspension
8.3 cm. diam.
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Lot Essay

See Jokelson, 1968, p. 76.

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