Lot 29: PIERRE HUAUD II (SWISS, 1647 - C. 1698)

PIERRE HUAUD II (SWISS, 1647 - C. 1698)
A boy, possibly Augustus the Strong (1670-1733), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, when Frederick Augustus Duke of Saxony, in gilt plate armour comprised of cuirass and spaulders, fine white Venetian lace cravat, scarlet satin ribbon bow, curling chestnut periwig
on vellum
oval, 1 5/8 in. (42 mm.) high, enamelled gold locket frame, the cover enamelled with a horseman crossing a bridge and a fisherman in a wooded river landscape, the reverse enamelled with the monogram 'FAHS' surmounted with a pink electoral crown bordered with trailing black and white foliage against opaque light blue ground

H.H. Princess Marie Louise, formerly Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872-1956).
H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester, K.G.; Christie's, London, 25 June 1968, lot 67 (as 'A Prince of Schleswig-Holstein, Continental School').
Christie's, London, 2 June 2009, lot 203.

PIERRE HUAUD II (SWISS, 1647 - C. 1698)
A boy, possibly Augustus the Strong (1670-1733), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, when Frederick Augustus Duke of Saxony, in gilt plate armour comprised of cuirass and spaulders, fine white Venetian lace cravat, scarlet satin ribbon bow, curling chestnut periwig
on vellum
oval, 1 5/8 in. (42 mm.) high, enamelled gold locket frame, the cover enamelled with a horseman crossing a bridge and a fisherman in a wooded river landscape, the reverse enamelled with the monogram 'FAHS' surmounted with a pink electoral crown bordered with trailing black and white foliage against opaque light blue ground