Lot 132

A 16th century French gilded bronze and engraved portrait medallion

Auction: 21 March 2007 at 11:00 GMT
£6,214
Description
of oval form, with burnished mirror verso revealing an open compartment, the shoulder length portrait depciting Henry III wearing a cap with floret cresting and a high buttoned shirt below robes of state, the border inscribed in capital letters: HENRICVS*III*D*G*FRANCORVM*ET* POLANIAE*REX*1584, the pulvinated frame with three spire shaped bosses and mounting ring on a stepped plinth
Dimensions
8.3cm wide, 11.1cm high, 1.4cm deep
