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A. Helant (French, fl. c. 1790 - 1800)
Description
English: Louis XVI (1754-1793), King of France 1774-1792, in silver-embroidered lavender-coloured velvet uniform with silver epaulettes and white lace jabot, wearing the red ribbon of the Order of the Golden Fleece, the blue moiré sash of the Royal French Order of the Saint Esprit and the red sash of the Order of Saint Louis
Date dated 1793
Medium ivory
medium QS:P186,Q82001
Dimensions diameter: 5.7 cm (2.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2386,5.7U174728
Object history

Provenance:

  • Auction: Christie's, Geneva, 18 May 1994, lot 379.
  • Auction: Christie's, London, 27-28 November 2012, Sale 5962 - Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, lot 304, The property of a private collector.
Inscriptions signed and dated 'A. Hélant 1793' (lower right)
Source/Photographer Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5628440

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