A MEISSEN (MARCOLINI) OVAL PORTRAIT PLAQUE CIRCA 1785, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND STAR MARK Painted and stippled with a half-length portrait of the Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel after Tischbein , wearing a white wig with a black ribbon at the back, an ermine-lined scarlet velvet robe and blue sash over a red-lined blue coat with grey scrolling foliage and the star of the Order of The Garter inscribed HONI · SOIT · QUI · MAL · Y · PENSE , the cross of another Order about his neck, against a stippled grey ground, edged with a gilt band, the top edge and reverse with a pierced slot for suspension (slight wear to gilding, enamels with minute areas of wear adjacent to edge) 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) long
A MEISSEN (MARCOLINI) OVAL PORTRAIT PLAQUE CIRCA 1785, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND STAR MARK Painted and stippled with a half-length portrait of the Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel after Tischbein , wearing a white wig with a black ribbon at the back, an ermine-lined scarlet velvet robe and blue sash over a red-lined blue coat with grey scrolling foliage and the star of the Order of The Garter inscribed HONI · SOIT · QUI · MAL · Y · PENSE , the cross of another Order about his neck, against a stippled grey ground, edged with a gilt band, the top edge and reverse with a pierced slot for suspension (slight wear to gilding, enamels with minute areas of wear adjacent to edge) 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) long
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