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A Neo-Renaissance small plate

Estimate €180–300

Description

Limoges enamel.

Polychrome and gilt decoration depicting a portrait of Catherine de' Medici surrounded by fleurs-de-lis alluding to her title of Queen of France through her marriage to Henry II.

19th century.

(signs of wear)

14x11 cm

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