Lot 218: JEAN PETITOT (SWISS, 1607-1691)

JEAN PETITOT (SWISS, 1607-1691)
King Louis XIV of France (1638-1715), in plate armour with fine white Venetian lace cravat, red bow, wearing the blue moiré sash of the Royal French Order of Holy Ghost, long natural curling brown wig with knotted locks
enamel on copper
oval, 1 1/16 in. (26 mm.) high, silver-gilt brooch frame with rectangular-cut green glass wreath surround

Christie's, London, 22 October 1974, lot 20.

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