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JEAN-BAPTISTE-JACQUES AUGUSTIN (FRENCH, 1759-1832)
A French officer, in gold-bordered blue coat, gold epaulette, gold-bordered red waistcoat, frilled cravat, wearing the French Royal Order of St Louis, powdered wig worn en queue
dated 1787 (lower right)
on ivory
rectangular with cut corners, 1¼ x 13/16 in. (31 x 20 mm.), set into a gold ring
A French officer, in gold-bordered blue coat, gold epaulette, gold-bordered red waistcoat, frilled cravat, wearing the French Royal Order of St Louis, powdered wig worn en queue
dated 1787 (lower right)
on ivory
rectangular with cut corners, 1¼ x 13/16 in. (31 x 20 mm.), set into a gold ring
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