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Portrait plaque of Louis XVII
Made at: Sèvres Manufactory (France)
French
dated 1788
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste biscuit porcelain with blue slip and gilded decoration
Credit Line
Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson
Accession Number65.36
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionCircular plaque, biscuit. Profile portrait head fo Louis 17th, Dauphin of France 1785-95, facing left. Dated under neck. On blue ground with beaded gold and white rim.
Marks
On back: crossed Ls in blue enamel, over device in blue. N 80 incised.
Provenance1963, Blumka Gallery, New York; October 3, 1963, sold by Blumka to R. Thornton Wilson (b. 1886 - d. 1977), New York; 1965, gift of R. Thornton Wilson to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 13, 1965)