Manufacture Royale de Sèvres - Lot 476

Manufacture Royale de Sèvres Hard porcelain cookie medallion Sèvres, circa 1829, 1830 Diam. 12.5 cm Medallion depicting Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt in profile to the left. This medallion retains its original frame, its sponsor's label and its Sèvres store label. It was delivered for the Duc de Doudeauville on June 14, 1830, and is documented as such in the cash sales register: "18 cameo medallions portraits of Kings of France, Princes and Princesses of their families" at 5F. each and 7 "idem." at 4F. each. Archives, Sèvres Vz 5 fol. 44 verso. The second Duke of Doudeauville Louis-François Sosthène I de la Rochefoucauld, son of the Bourbons' close friend and 1st Duke, Ambroise Polycarpe. He was appointed Director of Arts in the King's household in August 1824, then aide-de-camp in May 1825. A legitimist, he returned to private life under the July Monarchy.