Cross with Dove of Louis Philipe
Description
The 8 pointed Cross with Dove of Louis Philipe, Duc d’Orleans, 1725 – 85. He served with the French armies in several successful campaigns. Modelled from a painting in the Hercules Room of the Chateau Vaux le Vicomte, near Melun, France, built in 1661 by Nicholas Fouquet, Lord High Treasurer to Louis XIV. Height 44mm