A Soft-Paste Sèvres Porcelain Medallion of Louis XVI, circa 1774-1780
A rare portrait medallion in un-glazed ‘biscuit’ soft-paste Sèvres porcelain with gilded mouldings imitating a picture frame. This is a profile showing the monarch early in his reign which began in May 1774 after the death of his grand-father Louis XV.