FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1775

FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1775 A young gentleman, in silver-embroidered red coat, white frilled cravat, powdered wig worn en queue, wearing the ribbon of the Royal French Order of the Mérite Militaire on ivory the miniature, oval, 1¼ in. (33 mm.) high, set into the cover of a tortoiseshell-lined gold-mounted bonbonnière, the blue lacquered cover, base and sides decorated wtih opaque white bands and translucent gold scrolls and red berries the bonbonnière, 2 7/16 in. (62 mm.) diam.